Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Viral Hepatitis B and C Screening by General Practitioners in Brazzaville

• 作者: Arnaud Mongo-Onkouo Blaise Irénée Atipo Ibara Céline Sandra Adoua Deby Gassaye Jean-Rosaire Ibara Jile Florient Mimiesse Marlyse Ngalessami Ngala Akoa Itoua-Ngaporo Philestine Clausina Mikolele Ahoui Apendi Rody Stéphane Ngami Sonia Opomba
• 来源期刊: 肠胃病学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Viral Hepatitis B and C SCREENING General Practitioners BRAZZAVILLE
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（12）
• 页码范围: 311-316
• 页数: 6页
• 分类号: R51

摘要

<span style="font-family:Verdana;">The involvement of general practitioners in the early detection of viral hepatitis B and C must be paramount. The objectives of this work were to assess GPs</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">’</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> knowledge, attitude and practice with regard to screening for viral hepatitis B and C. We carried out a cross-sectional analytical study among GPs recruited by simple random sampling from the list of GPs in the city of Brazzaville. The judgement criteria were knowledge and practice of screening for viral hepatitis B and C, assessed according to a Likert scale divided into 3 categories: very good, good and bad. One hundred and twenty-one general practitioners were included, including 48 women and 73 men, with a sex ratio of 1.52;the average age was 33 years;52.89% of them worked in the private sector with an average period of activity of 4 years. The majority of the doctors had a good knowledge (69.42%) and a bad practice (56.20%) of screening for viral hepatitis B and C. The duration of activity was the factor linked to knowledge of viral hepatitis B and C (p</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">=</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.006) while age was the factor linked to the practice of screening for viral hepatitis B and C (p</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">=</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.0366). In conclusion, in Brazzaville, general practitioners</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">’</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> knowledge of screening for viral hepatitis B and C is good in general, but the practices are poor and require targeted in-service training.</span>