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Table 3 Responses to attitude toward Hepatitis B

From: A cross-sectional assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice among Hepatitis-B patients in Quetta, Pakistan

Hepatitis B attitude items

N

%

Have you ever thought you could get Hepatitis B?

  

Yes*

138

35.4

No

252

64.6

What was your reaction when you found that you have Hepatitis B?

  

Fear*

138

35.4

Shame

104

26.7

Surprise

36

9.2

Sadness

112

28.7

Who did you talk to about your illness?

  

Physician

67

17.1

Spouse

160

41.0

Parents

55

14.1

Child

24

6.2

Other relatives

10

2.6

Friends

70

17.9

No one¥

04

1.0

What did you do when you knew that you have symptoms of Hepatitis B?

  

Went to health facility*

142

36.4

Went to a Hakeem

80

20.5

Went to a Homeopath

50

12.9

Went to a traditional healer

118

30.3

When you had symptoms of Hepatitis B, at what stage you came to the health facility?

  

Own treatment fails

184

47.2

After 3–4 weeks of the appearance of symptoms

95

24.2

Soon as I realize the symptoms are of Hepatitis B*

104

26.78

Will not go to physician

07

1.8

How expensive do you think is the diagnosis and treatment of Hepatitis B?

  

Free

1

0.3

Reasonable

33

8.5

Somewhat expensive

137

35.1

Expensive

182

46.7

Don’t know¥

37

9.5

What worries you most after you diagnosed with Hepatitis B

  

Fear of death

94

24.1

Fear of disease spread to family

53

13.6

Cost of treatment

71

18.2

Isolation from the society¥

172

44.1

  1. *Positive attitude, ¥Negative attitude.
  2. Note: Attitude was assessed by giving 1 to positive and 0 to negative attitude. The scale classified attitude as positive with score >4 and negative ≤4. Over all the respondents had a negative attitude towards Hepatitis B with mean score of 3.87 ± 1.2.