OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (15): 2099-2102.

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Investigation on knowledge,attitude and behavior of hepatitis B among military personnel participating in exercises and analysis on influencing factors

MU Caini1, HE Yuxiao2a, SONG Mi2b, BAI Chunyang2a, TANG Yuanshuo2a, WANG Anhui2b   

  1. 1. Infection Control Department,Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital,Xi'an Shaanxi 710100,China;
    2. a Cadet Corps of Basic Medical College,b Department of Military Preventive Medicine,Air Force Military Medical University,Xi'an Shaanxi 710032,China
  • Received:2022-12-10 Revised:2023-02-11 Published:2026-03-24
  • Contact: WANG Anhui,Associate professor,E-mail:wangah@fmmu.edu.cn

Abstract: Objective To understand the knowledge,attitude and behavior of hepatitis B among military population and its influencing factors,provide reference for formulating reasonable and effective hepatitis B publicity and education strategy. Methods During July 5-10,2020,the military personnel who participated in the exercise were selected by the current situation survey,and investigated by the self-designed questionnaire. The contents of the questionnaire included the demographic characteristics,basic knowledge of hepatitis B,knowledge of transmission routes of hepatitis B,knowledge of prevention and treatment of hepatitis B,questions about attitudes and behaviors of persons infected with hepatitis B,and ways of acquiring knowledge about hepatitis B,and the data were analyzed. Results Among the 1 002 male respondents,only 11.6% knew about the "main transmission route of hepatitis B",and the awareness rate of the need for antiviral therapy after hepatitis B infection was only 14.1%. 50.0% of respondents mind having meals with people infected with hepatitis B virus,58.1% mind living in the same room with people infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis B patients,41.5% mind shaking hands or talking closely with people infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis B patients. The univariate analysis showed that the educational attainment of the respondents was the influencing factor in their hepatitis B basic knowledge score(P<0.05),the age of the respondents and the educational level of their mothers were influencing their knowledge scores related to hepatitis B vaccination(all P<0.05). The positive scores of attitudes and behaviors were positively correlated with knowledge scores of hepatitis B transmission routes,hepatitis B clinical knowledge scores,and hepatitis B vaccine-related knowledge scores(all P<0.05). Conclusions The awareness rate of hepatitis B related knowledge among military personnel participating in exercises needs to be improved. There are differences in hepatitis B knowledge,attitude and behavior among military personnel of different ages,educational levels and personnel categories. It is necessary to strengthen the health education of hepatitis B related knowledge to improve the awareness rate of hepatitis B related knowledge,and advocate positive attitude and behavior to communicate with hepatitis B infected or patients.

Key words: Hepatitis B, Knowledge-attitude-behavior, Troops

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