Table 2 Baseline Knowledge - Proportion of participants correctly answered HBV questions
Questions | Control n = 32 | Teach-back n = 38 | Overall n = 70 |
|---|---|---|---|
Transmission routes | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
By having unprotected sex with a person with hepatitis B (true) | 26 (81) | 30 (79) | 56 (80) |
Through mother to child at birth (true) | 29 (91) | 28 (74) | 57 (81) |
By touching a person with hepatitis B (false) | 31 (97) | 35 (92) | 66 (94) |
By kissing a person with hepatitis B (false) | 21 (66) | 21 (55) | 42 (60) |
By eating food prepared and cooked by a person with hepatitis B (false) | 27 (84) | 30 (79) | 57 (81) |
Through the air when a person with hepatitis B coughs or sneezes (false) | 26 (81) | 36 (95) | 62 (89) |
By sharing eating utensils (false) | 17 (53) | 23 (61) | 40 (57) |
By sharing toothbrushes or razor blades (true) | 28 (88) | 31 (82) | 59 (84) |
By sharing injecting equipments, e.g. Needles used in acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing or drug use (true) | 32 (100) | 37 (97) | 69 (99) |
Natural history | |||
Hepatitis B can cause liver damage (true) | 32 (100) | 38 (100) | 70 (100) |
Hepatitis B can cause liver cancer (true) | 29 (91) | 33 (87) | 62 (89) |
Most people infected with hepatitis b have no symptoms (true) | 25 (78) | 28 (74) | 53 (76) |
People with hepatitis B can be infected for life (true) | 29 (91) | 36 (95) | 65 (93) |
Alcohol further damages the liver for people with hepatitis B (true) | 31 (97) | 35 (92) | 66 (94) |
Epidemiology and prevention | |||
Asians are more likely to be infected with hepatitis B than other people (true) | 22 (69) | 24 (63) | 46 (66) |
There is a vaccination to prevent hepatitis B (true) | 28 (88) | 35 (92) | 63 (90) |
Washing hands before eating prevents getting hepatitis B (false) | 19 (59) | 21 (55) | 40 (57) |
People with hepatitis B should use condoms when having sex (true) | 30 (94) | 31 (82) | 61 (87) |
People with hepatitis B should tell their family members to get tested (true) | 32 (100) | 38 (100) | 70 (100) |
Clinical management | |||
Hepatitis B can be cured (false) | 20 (63) | 23 (61) | 43 (61) |
There are effective treatments for hepatitis B (true) | 28 (88) | 34 (90) | 62 (89) |
Hepatitis B can be cured by taking traditional Chinese medicine (false) | 31 (97) | 32 (84) | 61 (87) |
Healthy people with hepatitis B do not need regular check-up (false) | 31 (97) | 33 (87) | 64 (91) |