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Abstract
Summary
Studies have shown that HCV-infected individuals have limited
knowledge of HCV disease and improvement in HCV knowledge can
influence a patient’s decision to explore and initiate HCV therapy
The present study aimed to evaluate the level of HCV education
and the effectiveness of HCV educational program in a rural
community in Tanta region, center of Delta, Egypt.
To achieve this target, the study recruited 160 attendants of the
local healthcare unit. They were submitted to basic HCV knowledge
questionnaire. Then, they had an educational 4 sessions HCV program.
After the program, patients’ information were evaluated using the same questionnaire.
In the present study, the included subjects had a mean age of
45.6 ± 13.5 years. They included 76 males (47.5 %) and 84 females
(52.5 %). Regarding their educational level, illiterates came in the 1st rank
(33.8 %) followed by those who can read and write (29.4 %), those
with primary education (9.4 %), preparatory education (10.6 %),
secondary education (8.7 %) and university education (8.1 %).
In respect to occupations, house wives are 1st rank occupation of
the studied subjects. Other occupation include manual (36.3 %) and
professional (13.8 %) occupations while the remainder 8.1 % are
unemployed.