Knowledge and Awareness of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nigeria

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Summary of Study Participants.

		Private Institution		Public Institution		Working Class		Total
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age Group	<16	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3
	16–36	291	83.9%	233	100.0%	148	83.1%	672	88.7
	37–47	35	10.1%	0	0.0%	20	11.2%	55	7.3
48–58	10	2.9%	0	0.0%	7	3.9%	17	2.2
59–69	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.7%	3	0.4
≥70	9	2.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9	1.2
Marital Status	Single	261	75.2%	223	95.7%	125	70.2%	609	80.3
Marital Status	Married	77	22.2%	8	3.4%	50	28.1%	135	17.8
Separated	9	2.6%	2	0.9%	3	1.7%	14	1.8
Education	Tertiary	311	89.6%	226	97.0%	163	91.6%	700	92.3
Education	Secondary	30	8.6%	7	3.0%	14	7.9%	51	6.7
Primary	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	3	0.4
None	4	1.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	0.5
Total		347	45.8%	233	30.7%	178	23.5%	758	100

Predictors of Knowledge in Respondents.

		Mean	SD	p-value
Age Group	<16	4.00	4.24	0.234
	16–39	4.79	2.67
	37–47	5.51	2.87
48–58	5.12	2.80
59–69	7.00	2.00
≥70	4.33	2.45
Class	Private School	4.91	2.60	<0.001
Class	Public School	4.19	2.90	<0.001
General Public	5.59	2.34
School	Bells	4.71	2.44	<0.001
	Covenant University	5.30	2.64
	CRU	4.14	2.78
G. Poly	4.19	2.90
Lag	5.58	2.51
Umuahia	5.60	2.17
Marital Status	Single	4.69	2.68	0.001
Marital Status	Married	5.59	2.58	0.001
Separated	4.57	3.03
Education	Tertiary	4.87	2.67	0.394
Education	Secondary	4.75	2.92	0.394
Primary	3.33	2.08
None	3.00	2.94
Have you heard about HBV	No	2.68	2.51	<0.001
Yes	5.72	2.22
Have you been tested for HBV	No	4.49	2.69	<0.001
Yes	6.58	1.85
Do you know anyone currently infected	No	4.76	2.65	<0.001
Yes	6.53	1.94
Are you aware of the vaccine for prevention of HBV	No	4.23	2.67	<0.001
Yes	6.49	1.81
Have you been previously vaccinated against HBV	No	4.97	2.68	0.001
Yes	5.83	2.37

Frequency of Correct Responses to Knowledge Assessment Questions.

	Private Institution		Public Institution		Working Class		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
HBV is caused by …?	264	92.3%	153	87.4%	142	87.7%	559	73.7%
Do you know HB can affect liver and causes a chronic disease?	205	62.7%	114	55.6%	131	74.9%	450	59.4%
Can HBV cause yellowing of skin and eyes?	196	71.5%	105	61.0%	129	81.6%	430	56.7%
Do know HBV can lead to death?	268	82.2%	137	66.8%	156	89.7%	561	74.0%
Are you aware HBV is transmitted through blood and other bodily fluids?	211	65.5%	116	55.8%	101	65.6%	428	56.5%
Is HBV a STI?	122	37.8%	72	33.0%	74	43.8%	268	35.4%
Can HBV be transmitted from mother to child?	175	55.0%	110	52.6%	111	68.1%	396	52.2%
Are you aware that HB can be transmitted by sharing personal items?	111	33.5%	79	37.1%	48	28.4%	238	31.4%
Is Hepatitis B Curable?	107	38.6%	63	38.2%	68	46.3%	238	31.4%

Previous Vaccination and Awareness.

		Private Institution		Public Institution		Working Class
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Are you aware of the vaccine for prevention of HBV?	No	196	60.9%	159	77.9%	98	58.0%
Yes	126	39.1%	45	22.1%	71	42.0%
Have you been previously vaccinated against HBV?	No	158	66.4%	127	79.4%	88	64.7%
Yes	80	33.6%	33	20.6%	48	35.3%

Factors Associated with Participant’s Knowledge.

	B	SE B	Beta	t	p-value	95% CI	VIF
(Constant)	3.184	0.317		10.053	<0.001	2.561 to 3.806
Public institution	–0.046	0.272	–0.008	–0.167	0.867	–0.581 to 0.490	1.754
Private Institution	–0.202	0.237	–0.039	–0.855	0.393	–0.667 to .262	1.595
Single	–0.222	0.238	–0.036	–0.929	0.353	–0.690 to 0.247	1.141
Heard about HB	2.433	0.237	0.412	10.273	<0.001	1.968 to 2.898	1.220
Had been vaccinated	–0.337	0.227	–0.060	–1.485	0.138	–0.782 to .109	1.239
Tested for HB	0.553	0.260	0.095	2.129	0.034	0.043 to 1.063	1.526
Knowing someone who was infected	0.625	0.286	0.085	2.186	0.029	0.063 to 1.187	1.156
Aware of the HBV Vaccine	1.171	0.224	0.223	5.223	<0.001	0.730 to 1.611	1.381