A Study Done by a Demonstrator and Two Professors in Public Health and Community Medicine Department in Faculty of Medicine in Assiut and New Valley University to Assess Knowledge, Attitude ,and Practice of Rural Population in a Remote Governorate ( New Valley ) Towards Hepatitis B and C Viruses

NCT06316492 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 101919039932
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 450
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study is a research aiming to identify knowledge , attitude and practice of population in a village in a remote governorate towards viral hepatitis B and C . It involves home visit interviews with population in this village with the use of questionnaire involving questions asked by the researcher that would be orally answered by the participants to be recorded in papers by the researcher.

Conditions

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C

Keywords

knowledge; attitude; practice; rural; remote; Egypt

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Assess proportion of adequate knowledge , attitude and practice /behaviour towards viral hepatitis B and C in a rural population in New Valley Governorate

  Using a structured interview questionnaire \\El-Ghitany et al.2016 (12) + /El-Ghitany et al Validation of EGCRISC for HCV screening in Egypt (13) as a template measuring : 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the studied population 2. Knowledge of the studied population towards viral hepatitis B and C 3. Attitude of the studied population towards viral hepatitis B and C 4. Practice of the studied population towards viral hepatitis B and C through home visits with asked questions to the targeted population by the researcher to be answered orally and then recorded in data entry files by the researcher .

  2019-2029

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Assess proportion of high risk groups of viral hepatitis B and C in these population thus behaviours made them candidates for viral hepatitis B and C infection

  2019-2029

• 2- Proportion of health-seeking behaviour of cases ( confirmation of diagnosis, treatment, and follow up ) and proportion of high risk group seeking for screening

  2019-2029

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

study will be carried out in a village in Elkharga in New Valley Governorate - the researcher is a demonstrator in Public Health and Community Medicine in faculty of medicine in New Valley University and cons as this village is an example of a village in a remote governorate which is needed to be studied in this research.

You may qualify if:

• Population in a Village in Elkharga in New Valley Governorate aged 18 years and older

You may not qualify if:

• Population below age of 18 years 2- Population refusing to participate in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Assiut University: lead

Related Publications (7)

• Azzam A, Khaled H, Elbohy OA, Mohamed SA, Mohamed SMH, Abdelkader AH, Ezzat AA, Elmowafy AOI, El-Emam OA, Awadalla M, Refaey N, Rizk SMA. Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) in Egypt (2000-2022): a systematic review with meta-analysis. BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Mar 10;23(1):151. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08110-5.

  PMID: 36899311 BACKGROUND

• Esmat G. Hepatitis C in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. East Mediterr Health J. 2013 Jul;19(7):587-8. No abstract available.

  PMID: 24975301 BACKGROUND

• Breban R, Arafa N, Leroy S, Mostafa A, Bakr I, Tondeur L, Abdel-Hamid M, Doss W, Esmat G, Mohamed MK, Fontanet A. Effect of preventive and curative interventions on hepatitis C virus transmission in Egypt (ANRS 1211): a modelling study. Lancet Glob Health. 2014 Sep;2(9):e541-e549. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70188-3. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

  PMID: 25304421 BACKGROUND

• Hassanin A, Kamel S, Waked I, Fort M. Egypt's Ambitious Strategy to Eliminate Hepatitis C Virus: A Case Study. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2021 Mar 31;9(1):187-200. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00234. Print 2021 Mar 31.

  PMID: 33795369 BACKGROUND

• El-Ghitany EM, Farghaly AG, Abdel Wahab MM, Farag S, Abd El-Wahab EW. Toward a simple risk assessment screening tool for HCV infection in Egypt. J Med Virol. 2016 Oct;88(10):1767-75. doi: 10.1002/jmv.24520. Epub 2016 Mar 21.

  PMID: 26970264 BACKGROUND

• Charan J, Biswas T. How to calculate sample size for different study designs in medical research? Indian J Psychol Med. 2013 Apr;35(2):121-6. doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.116232.

  PMID: 24049221 BACKGROUND

• El-Ghitany EM, Farghaly AG, Farag S, Abd El-Wahab EW. Validation of EGCRISC for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection Screening and Risk Assessment in the Egyptian Population. PLoS One. 2016 Dec 21;11(12):e0168649. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168649. eCollection 2016.

  PMID: 28002458 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• 1\. Omar A. at IOM Egypt , "100 Million SIHA":WHO ,UNHCR and IOM organize screening for Hepatitis C to increase Refugees awareness , IOM (Aug 2019)
• 2\. WHO editors, Hepatitis, WHO(2023),
• WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region editors , Egypt becomes the first country to achieve WHO validation on the path to elimination of hepatitis C , WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (2023),

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Blood-Borne Infections; Communicable Diseases; Infections; Hepadnaviridae Infections; DNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Hepatitis, Viral, Human; Hepatitis; Liver Diseases; Digestive System Diseases; Flaviviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections

Central Study Contacts

Mahmoud Ab Elmewafy, demonstrator

CONTACT

+201551134708; yalatiflotfy@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: ECOLOGIC OR COMMUNITY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: dr

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 12, 2024
• First Posted: March 18, 2024
• Study Start: August 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2024
• Study Completion: June 1, 2026
• Last Updated: March 18, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-03