Assessment of Attitude Practice and Associated Factors towards Patients with Hepatitis B and C Viruses Among Nurses Working in Public Hospitals in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 2019.
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Back ground: Patients visit health care institutions with different diagnosis some of which are potentially infectiouswhich affects health care workers behavior to care for these patients equally and effectively. Hepatitis B and C viruses are the commonest infectious viruses causing viral hepatitis; a global treat that caused 1.34 million deaths by the year 2015.
Objective: the main objective of this study was to assess attitude, practice and associated factors towards patients with hepatitis B and C viruses among nurses working in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, 2019.
Methodology: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted in public hospitals in Addis Ababa Ethiopia from April 01 to April 30, 2019. A total of 396 nurses were selected using simple random sampling technique. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS version 24. Binary and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to characterize the association between variables. P value < 0.05 was considered to determine levels of statistical significance and Odds ratio was used to determine the strength of association between variables. Results: Among 383 respondents 45.6% had desirable attitude and 35.8% of them reported good practice towards patients with hepatitis B and C viruses. Working in Menelik II hospital, receiving training on infection prevention and vaccinating against hepatitis B were more likely to be associated with nurse‟s attitude. Nurses who served for more than ten years, vaccinated against hepatitis B and who were confident to take care of hepatitis B and C infected patients were found to have good practice. Whereas, previous needle stick injury from these patients and being reluctant to care for them influenced the respondents practice to be poor. Conclusion and recommendation: The overall level of nurse‟s attitude and practice towards patients with hepatitis B and C viruses is significantly low. Compared to attitude of nurses towards patients with hepatitis B and C viruses their practice is low. Therefor FMOH along with hospitals need to create opportunities for nurses to get training on infection prevention to increase their confidence while treating these patients. Proper supply and distribution of personal protective equipments should also be assured.
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Attitude, practice, hepatitis viruses B and C, nurses