Mudassar Pervaiz, Ahmed Malik, Anis Akbar.
Assessing the Level of Perception, Protection and Practices against Hepatitis B Among Faculty and Students of Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad: A Descriptive Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.
Isra Med J Jan ;9(2):65-70.

OBJECTIVES: To assess the status of Protection, Perception and Practices against Hepatitis B by faculty and medical students of Rawal Institute of Health Sciences. STUDY DESIGN: A descriptive comparative cross-sectional study. st th PLACE AND DURATION: At Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad in a period of 6 months i.e. from 1 September 2015 to 28 February 2016. METHODOLOGY: A total of 200 respondents were selected by convenient sampling and divided in two groups i.e. 100 faculty members and 100 students. The respondents were asked about status of their screening against Hepatitis B, schedule of Hepatitis B vaccination and also perception/practices regarding Hepatitis B through pre-designed self-administered close ended questionnaire. RESULTS: The mean age (in years) ± SD of faculty members was 29.1 ± 5.5, and of students was 21 ± 2.6. The male to female ratio of faculty members was 39:61, and of students was 54:46. A significantly more number of faculty members were already screened for Hepatitis B (p-value = 0.02), and were HBV negative as compared to students (p-value < 0.001). The vaccination rate for Hepatitis B was also significantly higher among faculty members as compared to students (p-value = 0.03). There was significantly more number of students who were unsure about their HBV status and the schedule of their first, second, third and booster dose of HBV vaccine (pvalue < 0.001). Majority of faculty was aware of sterilization process in Rawal Institute of Health Sciences whereas very few students knew about it. CONCLUSION: The faculty members of Rawal Institute of Health Sciences were more aware regarding the practices and protection against Hepatitis B then the students of Rawal Institute of Health Sciences .Students need more awareness regarding screening and immunization regarding hepatitis B.

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