Knowledge, attitude and perception of pregnant women towards hepatitis E vaccination

Abstract

Background: Hepatitis E is an acute viral hepatitis which can significant complications and even death during pregnancy if left unreated. Objective: Assessment of the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions (KAP) of Pregnant Women towards Hepatitis E vaccination. Materials and Methods: The study was cross sectional in design was done at Maqsood Medical Complex General Hospital from September 2022 till Feb 2023. The sampling technique was non probability convenient sampling. The inclusion criteria were pregnant females in all the trimesters and exclusion criteria were non pregnant women and those with history of molar pregnancies. Results: Regarding knowledge , 87% of the study population had heard of hepatitis E as a potential disease that can cause harm during the pregnancy and 50% heard of protective vaccine for it whole 20% didn’t heard about and 30% didn’t have any idea about it at all. While assessing the perceptions of the patients about screening for hepatitis E infecton.47% were screened for hepatitis E and 53% didn’t have any screening test for the virus.80% considered it to be important to vaccinated against hepatitis E.