Table 3 Attitude toward Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B Attitude Items | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Do you think you can get Hepatitis B? | ||
Yes* | 158 | 20.3 |
No | 622 | 79.7 |
What would be your reaction if you found that you have Hepatitis B? | ||
Fear* | 246 | 31.5 |
Shame | 308 | 39.5 |
Surprise | 89 | 11.4 |
Sadness | 137 | 17.6 |
Who would you talk to about your illness? | ||
Physician | 104 | 13.3 |
Spouse | 367 | 47.1 |
Parents | 207 | 26.5 |
Child | 7 | 0.9 |
Other Relatives | 23 | 2.9 |
Friends | 72 | 9.2 |
No one¥ | 0 | 0 |
What will you do if you think that you have symptoms of Hepatitis B? | ||
Go to Health facility* | 231 | 29.6 |
Go to Hakeem | 273 | 35.0 |
Go to Homeopath | 73 | 9.4 |
Go to Traditional healer | 203 | 26.1 |
If you had symptoms of Hepatitis B, at what stage you will go to the health facility? | ||
Own treatment fails | 405 | 51.9 |
After 3-4 weeks of the appearance of symptoms | 126 | 16.2 |
Soon as I realize the symptoms are of Hepatitis B* | 203 | 26.0 |
Will not go to physician | 46 | 5.9 |
How expensive do you think is the diagnosis and treatment of Hepatitis B? | ||
Free | 5 | 0.6 |
Reasonable | 51 | 6.5 |
Somewhat expensive | 338 | 43.3 |
Expensive | 248 | 31.8 |
Don't know¥ | 138 | 17.7 |
What worries you most if you will be diagnosed with Hepatitis B | ||
Fear of death | 259 | 32.2 |
Fear of disease spread to family | 149 | 19.1 |
Cost of treatment | 81 | 10.4 |
Isolation from the society¥ | 291 | 37.3 |