Table 2 Hepatitis B knowledge (N = 240)
Do you know how hepatitis B spreads? | Yes | No | Do not know |
Eating contaminated food* | 10 % | 84 % | 6 % |
Tattoo or body piercing | 6 % | 87 % | 7 % |
Sharing needles or other injection equipment | 6 % | 86 % | 8 % |
Transfusion of infected blood | 55 % | 40 % | 4 % |
Sexual contact | 20 % | 73 % | 7 % |
Mother-to-infant transmission during childbirth | 20 % | 73 % | 6 % |
* All “yes” answers in this section are correct with the exception of this one, for which “no” is the correct answer. | |||
Do you know the symptoms of acute hepatitis B?† | Yes | No | Do not know |
Weakness and fatigue | 43 % | 53 % | 4 % |
Loss of appetite | 65 % | 32 % | 3 % |
Nausea and vomiting | 39 % | 55 % | 6 % |
Upper abdominal discomfort | 53 % | 42 % | 5 % |
Tea-coloured urine | 46 % | 50 % | 5 % |
Yellowing of skin | 43 % | 52 % | 5 % |
† All “yes” answers in this section are correct. | |||
Which of the following conditions may arise from chronic hepatitis B infection?‡ | Yes | No | Do not know |
Liver cirrhosis | 14 % | 78 % | 8 % |
Liver cancer | 30 % | 63 % | 7 % |
Liver failure | 8 % | 83 % | 10 % |
‡ All “yes” answers in this section are correct. | |||
Should a mother with hepatitis B breastfeed her baby?§ | Yes | No | Do not know |
35 % | 60 % | 5 % | |
§ The correct answer is “yes.” | |||