The impact of disease-related knowledge on perceptions of stigma among patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection.

Most patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection perceive some degree of disease-related stigma. Misunderstandings about diseases may contribute to disease-related stigma. The objective of this study was to evaluate patient-level knowledge about HCV infection transmission and natural history and...

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Autores principales:	M Elle Saine, Julia E Szymczak, Tyler M Moore, Laura P Bamford, Frances K Barg, Kimberly A Forde, Jason Schnittker, John H Holmes, Nandita Mitra, Vincent Lo Re
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:07fe9fcf3534441aa7126d346cf82e8d2021-12-02T20:17:21ZThe impact of disease-related knowledge on perceptions of stigma among patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0258143https://doaj.org/article/07fe9fcf3534441aa7126d346cf82e8d2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258143https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Most patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection perceive some degree of disease-related stigma. Misunderstandings about diseases may contribute to disease-related stigma. The objective of this study was to evaluate patient-level knowledge about HCV infection transmission and natural history and its association with HCV-related stigma among HCV-infected patients. We conducted a cross-sectional survey study among 265 patients with HCV in Philadelphia using the HCV Stigma Scale and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Hepatitis C Follow-up Survey (2001-2008). The association between HCV knowledge and HCV-related stigma was evaluated via linear regression. Overall knowledge about HCV transmission and natural history was high, with >80% of participants answering ≥9 of 11 items correctly (median number of correct responses, 9 [82%]), HCV-related knowledge was similar between HIV/HCV-coinfected and HCV-monoinfected participants (p = 0.30). A higher level of HCV-related knowledge was associated with greater perceived HCV-related stigma (β, 2.34 ([95% CI, 0.51-4.17]; p = 0.013). Results were similar after adjusting for age, race, ethnicity, HIV status, education level, stage of HCV management, time since diagnosis, and history of injection drug use. In this study, increased HCV-related knowledge was associated with greater perceptions of HCV stigma. Clinicians may consider allotting time to address common misconceptions about HCV when educating patients about HCV infection, which may counterbalance the stigmatizing impact of greater HCV-related knowledge.M Elle SaineJulia E SzymczakTyler M MooreLaura P BamfordFrances K BargKimberly A FordeJason SchnittkerJohn H HolmesNandita MitraVincent Lo RePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0258143 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q M Elle Saine Julia E Szymczak Tyler M Moore Laura P Bamford Frances K Barg Kimberly A Forde Jason Schnittker John H Holmes Nandita Mitra Vincent Lo Re The impact of disease-related knowledge on perceptions of stigma among patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection.
description	Most patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection perceive some degree of disease-related stigma. Misunderstandings about diseases may contribute to disease-related stigma. The objective of this study was to evaluate patient-level knowledge about HCV infection transmission and natural history and its association with HCV-related stigma among HCV-infected patients. We conducted a cross-sectional survey study among 265 patients with HCV in Philadelphia using the HCV Stigma Scale and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Hepatitis C Follow-up Survey (2001-2008). The association between HCV knowledge and HCV-related stigma was evaluated via linear regression. Overall knowledge about HCV transmission and natural history was high, with >80% of participants answering ≥9 of 11 items correctly (median number of correct responses, 9 [82%]), HCV-related knowledge was similar between HIV/HCV-coinfected and HCV-monoinfected participants (p = 0.30). A higher level of HCV-related knowledge was associated with greater perceived HCV-related stigma (β, 2.34 ([95% CI, 0.51-4.17]; p = 0.013). Results were similar after adjusting for age, race, ethnicity, HIV status, education level, stage of HCV management, time since diagnosis, and history of injection drug use. In this study, increased HCV-related knowledge was associated with greater perceptions of HCV stigma. Clinicians may consider allotting time to address common misconceptions about HCV when educating patients about HCV infection, which may counterbalance the stigmatizing impact of greater HCV-related knowledge.
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author	M Elle Saine Julia E Szymczak Tyler M Moore Laura P Bamford Frances K Barg Kimberly A Forde Jason Schnittker John H Holmes Nandita Mitra Vincent Lo Re
author_facet	M Elle Saine Julia E Szymczak Tyler M Moore Laura P Bamford Frances K Barg Kimberly A Forde Jason Schnittker John H Holmes Nandita Mitra Vincent Lo Re
author_sort	M Elle Saine
title	The impact of disease-related knowledge on perceptions of stigma among patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection.
title_short	The impact of disease-related knowledge on perceptions of stigma among patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection.
title_full	The impact of disease-related knowledge on perceptions of stigma among patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection.
title_fullStr	The impact of disease-related knowledge on perceptions of stigma among patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection.
title_full_unstemmed	The impact of disease-related knowledge on perceptions of stigma among patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection.
title_sort	impact of disease-related knowledge on perceptions of stigma among patients with hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/07fe9fcf3534441aa7126d346cf82e8d
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The impact of disease-related knowledge on perceptions of stigma among patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection.

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