[Evaluation of the effect of education on the awareness and attitude levels about Hepatitis transmission among soldiers of the 02 Garrison]

ABSTRACT

Hepatitis is used for an extended range of clinical situations due to injuries from viral attacks, toxic and pharmacologic substances or immune mediated attacks on the liver which lead to inflammation and finally hepatic cell necrosis. Mostly, acute hepatitis is due to viral infections. These agents are A, B, C, D, E and G hepatitis viruses, which B and C are the most important. In this interventional study, 230 soldiers were selected randomly. In both pre-educational [pre-test] and post-educational [post-test] stages, all soldiers were examined with questionnaire about hepatitis transmission and then the results of two stages were compared. All 230 cases were male and mean age was 22/58 years old. All soldiers were associated of arts. The mean scores of awareness and attitude levels were 11/31 [ +/- 4.41] and 8/85 [ +/- 2.78] pre-educational [pre-test] which in post-educational [post-test] stage became 13/96 [2.98] and 11/46 [ +/- 1.80], respectively. All scores were evaluated out of 20. This study showed that education affects the awareness and attitude levels of soldiers about Hepatitis transmission strongly. So, it is proposed to have regular programs for this issue