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Official Journal of Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases
e-ISSN 1735-3408
p-ISSN 1735-143X
A Survey of the Students' Knowledge about Hepatitis in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
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1Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, ghahramani@sums.ac.ir, Fars, IR.Iran
2Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Fars, IR.Iran
*Corresponding Author: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, ghahramani@sums.ac.ir, Fars, IR.Iran. Tel: +98 711 7251001-6. Fax: +98 711 7260225. Email: ghahramani@sums.ac.ir
Published online:Dec 31, 2006
Article type:Research Article
Received:Jan 12, 2006
Accepted:Jan 23, 2006
How to Cite:Ghahramani F, Mohammadbeigi A, Mohammadsalehi N. A Survey of the Students' Knowledge about Hepatitis in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Hepat Mon. 2006;6(2):. doi:
Abstract
Background and Aims:Because of the importance of hepatitis and the prevalence of contamination with hepatitis virus, a survey of the students' knowledge about viral hepatitis was conducted in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This is a descriptive study performed in cross-sectional method. Ten percent of the students enrolled in different courses were selected by stratified sampling method. A structured questionnaire was designed to obtain information about their knowledge of hepatitis.
Results: The mean scores were 41.3±20.2 and 61±34.5 of 100 regarding knowledge about hepatitis and prevention of the disease, respectively. Students had more information about hepatitis prevention than about other aspects of the disease such as mode of transmission and symptoms. There were statistically significant differences between the knowledge of hepatitis by age, semester and educational degree (P<0.001). This study showed no significant association between knowledge of hepatitis and sex, job, parents' education and the place of residence (P>0.05).
Conclusions: This study showed that students' knowledge of hepatitis was very weak. Their knowledge with respect to the prevention of the disease was higher than other aspects.
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