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Table 2 Main reported indicators of knowledge, perceptions and behaviors with regard to HBV and HIV/AIDS, KABP survey, France, 2010

From: Hepatitis B knowledge, perceptions and practices in the French general population: the room for improvement

 

Hepatitis B

HIV/AIDS

 

(n = 9,014)

(n = 9,014)

 

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Knowledge of transmission modes 1

  

Believing that Hepatitis B/AIDS transmission is possible:

  during unprotected sexual intercourse (1)

69.7 (68.6-70.8)

99.4 (99.2-99.6)

  through the sharing of needles while injecting drugs2 (2)

89.9 (89.2-90.6)

99.1 (98.9-99.3)

  from mosquito bite (3)

26.0 (25.0-27.1)

24.5 (23.5-25.5)

  during pregnancy (4)

79.1 (78.1-80)

-4

% of correct answers to questions (1), (2) and (3) 3

46.5 (45.3-47.6)

72.3 (71.3-73.3)

% of correct answers to questions (1), (2), (3) and (4) 3

38.4 (37.2-39.5)

-4

Knowing someone in circle of family and friends who was infected 5

  

  Yes

21.4 (20.5-22.3)

12.6 (11.9-13.4)

  Perhaps

-

8.8 (8.2-9.4)

  No

77.3 (76.3-78.2)

78.4 (77.5-79.3)

  Did not know

1.3 (1.1-1.6)

0.16 (0.08-0.3)

Perceptions

  

Fear of the disease (Viral hepatitis / AIDS) for oneself

 

  Very

9.8 (9.1-10.5)

13.4 (12.6-14.2)

  Quite

10.5 (9.8-11.2)

6.9 (6.3-7.4)

  Not very

39.4 (38.3-40.5)

24.6 (23.6-25.6)

  Not at all

39.5 (38.4-40.6)

55.1 (54.0-56.3)

  Did not know

0.8 (0.6-1.0)

0.04 (0.01-0.11)

Perception of the risk of contracting Hepatitis B /HIV with respect to the average person

  Greater risk

7.6 (7.0-8.2)

3.8 (3.4-4.2)

  Similar risk

53.2 (52.1-54.4)

36.5 (35.4-37.6)

  Less risk

29.9 (28.9-31.0)

37.5 (36.4-38.7)

  No risk

7.4 (6.8-8.0)

21.9 (21.0-22.9)

  Did not know

1.9 (1.6-2.4)

0.3 (0.2-0.4)

Practices

  

Hepatitis B /HIV screening during one’s lifetime

 

  Yes, once

17.4 (16.6-18.3)

31.5 (30.4-32.5)

  Yes, more than once

10.0 (9.4-10.7)

29.9 (28.8-31.0)

  No

67.8 (66.7-68.8)

38.1 (37.0-39.2)

  Did not know

4.8 (4.3-5.2)

0.5 (0.4-0.7)

Hepatitis B vaccination

  

  Yes

47.0 (45.9-48.2)

-

  No

43.9 (42.8-45.1)

-

  Did not know

9.0 (8.4-9.7)

-

  1. 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
  2. 1 Only those people who reported that they had already heard of hepatitis B (n = 8,686) were asked questions about knowledge of hepatitis B transmission modes; all participants in the study group were asked all other questions (n = 9,014).
  3. 2 The wording of questions was different depending on the virus, as follows: “Sharing a needle while injecting drugs” for HBV and “When injecting using a needle that has already been used” for HIV.
  4. 3 The correct answer was “yes” for questions (1), (2) and (4) and “no” for question (3).
  5. 4 These questions were not asked for HIV.
  6. 5 The wording of questions was different depending on the virus, as follows: “Do you personally know one or more people in your circle of family and friends who currently has or who had Hepatitis B?” / “Do you personally know one or more people in your circle of family and friends who is seropositive or who has AIDS?. The choice of answers was also different (yes, no, did not know for HBV; yes, perhaps, no, did not know for HIV).
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