Research Article
Knowledge and Attitude of Undergraduate Health Professions Students towards Hepatitis B and C
Table 2
Positive attitude answers about HBV and HCV infections.
| Statements | True statement Female, N (%) | True statement Male, N (%) | value |
| (1) I feel comfortable to shake hands of a person infected with hepatitis B and C | 105 (54.1) | 110 (62.9) | 0.090 (NS) | (2) I am willing to provide care to people with hepatitis B or C | 149 (76.8) | 149 (85.1) | 0.043 | (3) When treating hepatitis B and C patients, I will provide the same standard of care as I do for other patients | 145 (74.7) | 127 (72.6) | 0.637 (NS) | (4) When treating hepatitis B and C patients, I would prefer to wear double pairs of gloves | 133 (68.6) | 120 (68.6) | 0.998 (NS) |
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NS indicates no significance. |