Research Article
Seroconversion and Prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen among Vaccinated Health Care Workers in Ashanti Region, Ghana
Table 1
Sociodemographic and other relevant characteristics of the study population.
| Variable | Median/frequency (n) | Percentage (%)/interquartile range |
| Age, years (N = 424) | Median | 27 | 24–31 | <20 | 8 | 1.9 | 20–29 | 286 | 67.5 | 30–39 | 116 | 27.4 | >40 | 14 | 3.2 | Sex | Male | 153 | 36.1 | Female | 271 | 63.9 | Location HBV was administered | School | 192 | 45.3 | Hospital | 216 | 50.9 | Other | 16 | 3.8 | Who administered HBV | Doctor | 13 | 3.1 | Nurse | 146 | 34.4 | Pharmacist | 8 | 1.9 | Medical laboratory scientist | 170 | 40.1 | Phlebotomist | 5 | 1.2 | Do not remember | 82 | 19.3 | Route of administration | Intramuscular | 352 | 83.0 | Subcutaneous | 25 | 11.1 | Do not know | 47 | 5.9 |
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