Circumstances of infection with HCV in selected Polish provinces

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 150%;" align="justify"><em><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-style: italic; font-size: 12,0000pt;">Introduction.</span></em><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12,0000pt;"> In Poland, approximately 730,000 people are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is nearly 2% of the total population, and about 170 million worldwide - 3% of the global population. Approximately 70-80% people infected with hepatitis C virus develop chronic hepatitis. Knowledge of the circumstances associated with the risk of infection with HCV is very important in the prophylaxis of hepatitis C. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 150%;" align="justify"><em><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-style: italic; font-size: 12,0000pt;">Materials and Method</span></em><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12,0000pt;">. The study was conducted during August 2014 - May 2018 in a group of 220 patients infected with HCV by the method of a diagnostic survey, using an author-constructed questionnaire. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 150%;" align="justify"><em><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-style: italic; font-size: 12,0000pt;">Results.</span></em><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12,0000pt;"> The majority of respondents (138; 62.7%) did not know the circumstances of infection with HCV, whereas more than </span>^{<span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12,0000pt; vertical-align: super;">1</span>}<span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12,0000pt;">/</span>_{<span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12,0000pt; vertical-align: sub;">3</span>}<span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12,0000pt;"> of them (82; 37.3%) had knowledge concerning their infection. The respondents reported that the infection could have been mainly associated with a surgical procedure, followed by blood transfusion. The remaining circumstances of infection were: dental treatment, childbirth, organ transplantation, dialysis, treatment in a conservative ward, occupational exposure, plasmapheresis, as well as tattoo and narcotic injection. Self-reported state of respondents’ knowledge concerning hepatitis C was mainly on the mean level (160; 72.7%). About ¾ of respondents (173; 78.6%) did not consider themselves to be disabled due to hepatitis C. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 150%;" align="justify"><em><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-style: italic; font-size: 12,0000pt;">Conclusions</span></em><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12,0000pt;">. Health education is recommended in the population of adults about the risk of contracting HCV in treatment facilities and other places, where there is the transmission of blood-borne infections, as well as concerning the essence of chronic hepatitis C.</span></p>

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