Table 5 Responses of the study participants to basic hepatitis B knowledge
Characteristic | The consequences of infection | Route of transmission | Preventive measures | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
no. (%) | P value | no. (%) | P value | no. (%) | P value | |||||||
Poor | Intermed | Good | Poor | Intermed | Good | Poor | Intermed | Good | ||||
Age (y) | ||||||||||||
< 39y | 77 (77.8) | 15 (15.2) | 7 (7.1) | 0.920 | 31 (31.3) | 35 (35.4) | 33 (33.3) | 0.896 | 41 (41.4) | 17 (17.2) | 41 (41.4) | 0.736 |
≥ 39y | 86 (76.8) | 19 (16.9) | 7 (6.3) | 32 (28.6) | 40 (35.7) | 40 (35.7) | 52 (46.4) | 19 (16.9) | 41 (36.7) | |||
Gender | ||||||||||||
Female | 75 (72.8) | 20 (19.4) | 8 (7.8) | 0.322 | 26 (25.4) | 42 (40.8) | 35 (33.9) | 0.222 | 42 (41.7) | 19 (18.5) | 42 (40.8) | 0.634 |
Male | 88 (81.5) | 14 (12.9) | 6 (5.6) | 37 (34.3) | 33 (30.6) | 38 (35.2) | 51 (47.2) | 17 (15.7) | 40 (37.0) | |||
Working experience | ||||||||||||
< 9y | 74 (75.5) | 19 (19.4) | 5 (5.1) | 0.380 | 27 (27.6) | 35 (35.7) | 36 (36.7) | 0.752 | 33 (33.7) | 19 (19.4) | 46 (46.9) | 0.017* |
≥ 9y | 89 (78.8) | 15 (13.3) | 9 (7.9) | 36 (31.9) | 40 (35.4) | 37 (32.7) | 60 (53.1) | 17 (15.0) | 36 (31.9) | |||
Education level | ||||||||||||
High school | 25 (65.8) | 9 (23.7) | 4 (10.5) | 0.324 | 9 (20.5) | 16 (41.0) | 13 (33.3) | 0.378 | 15 (38.5) | 9 (23.1) | 14 (35.9) | 0.324 |
Diploma certificate | 133 (79.6) | 24 (14.4) | 10 (5.9) | 51 (31.7) | 58 (35.4) | 58 (35.4) | 75 (45.7) | 26 (15.9) | 66 (40.2) | |||
Bachelor’s degree or higher | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (37.5) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (25.0) | 3 (50.0) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (33.3) | |||
Occupation | ||||||||||||
Medical doctor | 4 (57.1) | 2 (28.6) | 1 (14.3) | 0.050* | 0 (0.0) | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | 0.196 | 2 (28.6) | 1 (14.3) | 4 (57.1) | 0.221 |
Nurse | 137 (81.1) | 21 (12.4) | 11 (6.5) | 56 (33.1) | 59 (34.9) | 54 (31.9) | 80 (47.3) | 30 (17.8) | 59 (34.9) | |||
Other staff | 22 (62.9) | 11 (31.4) | 2 (5.7) | 7 (20.0) | 13 (37.1) | 15 (42.9) | 11 (31.4) | 5 (14.3) | 19 (54.3) | |||
Total | 163 (77.3) | 34 (16.1) | 14 (6.6) | 63 (29.9) | 75 (35.5) | 73 (34.6) | 93 (44.1) | 36 (17.1) | 82 (38.9) | |||