Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus among pregnant women attending Antenatal care in Dilla University Referral Hospital Gedio Zone, Ethiopia; health facility based cross-sectional study.

<h4>Introduction</h4>A pregnancy that has been complicated with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection results in typical management problems for both the mother and the newborn. One of the universal efforts in tackling the impact of chronic HBV is the prevention of mother-to-child transmissi...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Adugnaw Atnafu Atalay, Reta Kassa Abebe, Aberash Eifa Dadhi, Worku Ketema Bededa
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:
R
Q
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/11e5e171dec54b689fc075bdb0ed8165
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:11e5e171dec54b689fc075bdb0ed8165
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:11e5e171dec54b689fc075bdb0ed81652021-11-25T06:19:24ZSeroprevalence of hepatitis B virus among pregnant women attending Antenatal care in Dilla University Referral Hospital Gedio Zone, Ethiopia; health facility based cross-sectional study.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0249216https://doaj.org/article/11e5e171dec54b689fc075bdb0ed81652021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249216https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Introduction</h4>A pregnancy that has been complicated with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection results in typical management problems for both the mother and the newborn. One of the universal efforts in tackling the impact of chronic HBV is the prevention of mother-to-child transmission during Antenatal care via prompt screening as the majority of chronic infections globally harbored during this period. Rewarding result have been achieved in reducing this problem at this period of life through maternal screening programs and universal vaccination of infants. This study was aimed at assessing the seroprevalence and associated risk factor of HBV among pregnant women attending Antenatal Care (ANC) in Dilla University Referral Hospital (DURH), Southern Ethiopia.<h4>Method</h4>A facility- based cross- sectional study was conducted from December 01 to May 30, 2017 among pregnant women attending ANC. A total of 236 pregnant women were included in this study. All Pregnant women who were attending antenatal clinic and were volunteer during the study period were included, whereas those women who were unable to communicate due to any problem, and not volunteer to give informed consent were excluded. Volunteer participants were asked to complete a questionnaire and had offered to test for HBsAg infection. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 20 software. Logistic regression was used to determine the association between dependent and independent variables.<h4>Results</h4>From 215 pregnant women attending ANC, the prevalence of HBsAg by the rapid test was found to be 11 (5.1%). Among the study participants, 91.1% (215) were tested for HIV antibody during the ANC visit, with the positivity rate of 4.5%. The result showed 1.86% of the study participants who were tested for HIV were also positive for HBsAg. Among those factors affecting the transmission of HBV infection, multiple partners and HIV confection have significant association at P-value less than 0.05.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The Seropositivity of Hepatitis B Virus among Pregnant Women was found to be significant and hence, routine screening of pregnant mother at Antenatal care for this virus, and subsequent management according to the guideline for both the mother and child is recommended.Adugnaw Atnafu AtalayReta Kassa AbebeAberash Eifa DadhiWorku Ketema BededaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 3, p e0249216 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Medicine
R
Science
Q
spellingShingle Medicine
R
Science
Q
Adugnaw Atnafu Atalay
Reta Kassa Abebe
Aberash Eifa Dadhi
Worku Ketema Bededa
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus among pregnant women attending Antenatal care in Dilla University Referral Hospital Gedio Zone, Ethiopia; health facility based cross-sectional study.
description <h4>Introduction</h4>A pregnancy that has been complicated with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection results in typical management problems for both the mother and the newborn. One of the universal efforts in tackling the impact of chronic HBV is the prevention of mother-to-child transmission during Antenatal care via prompt screening as the majority of chronic infections globally harbored during this period. Rewarding result have been achieved in reducing this problem at this period of life through maternal screening programs and universal vaccination of infants. This study was aimed at assessing the seroprevalence and associated risk factor of HBV among pregnant women attending Antenatal Care (ANC) in Dilla University Referral Hospital (DURH), Southern Ethiopia.<h4>Method</h4>A facility- based cross- sectional study was conducted from December 01 to May 30, 2017 among pregnant women attending ANC. A total of 236 pregnant women were included in this study. All Pregnant women who were attending antenatal clinic and were volunteer during the study period were included, whereas those women who were unable to communicate due to any problem, and not volunteer to give informed consent were excluded. Volunteer participants were asked to complete a questionnaire and had offered to test for HBsAg infection. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 20 software. Logistic regression was used to determine the association between dependent and independent variables.<h4>Results</h4>From 215 pregnant women attending ANC, the prevalence of HBsAg by the rapid test was found to be 11 (5.1%). Among the study participants, 91.1% (215) were tested for HIV antibody during the ANC visit, with the positivity rate of 4.5%. The result showed 1.86% of the study participants who were tested for HIV were also positive for HBsAg. Among those factors affecting the transmission of HBV infection, multiple partners and HIV confection have significant association at P-value less than 0.05.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The Seropositivity of Hepatitis B Virus among Pregnant Women was found to be significant and hence, routine screening of pregnant mother at Antenatal care for this virus, and subsequent management according to the guideline for both the mother and child is recommended.
format article
author Adugnaw Atnafu Atalay
Reta Kassa Abebe
Aberash Eifa Dadhi
Worku Ketema Bededa
author_facet Adugnaw Atnafu Atalay
Reta Kassa Abebe
Aberash Eifa Dadhi
Worku Ketema Bededa
author_sort Adugnaw Atnafu Atalay
title Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus among pregnant women attending Antenatal care in Dilla University Referral Hospital Gedio Zone, Ethiopia; health facility based cross-sectional study.
title_short Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus among pregnant women attending Antenatal care in Dilla University Referral Hospital Gedio Zone, Ethiopia; health facility based cross-sectional study.
title_full Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus among pregnant women attending Antenatal care in Dilla University Referral Hospital Gedio Zone, Ethiopia; health facility based cross-sectional study.
title_fullStr Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus among pregnant women attending Antenatal care in Dilla University Referral Hospital Gedio Zone, Ethiopia; health facility based cross-sectional study.
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus among pregnant women attending Antenatal care in Dilla University Referral Hospital Gedio Zone, Ethiopia; health facility based cross-sectional study.
title_sort seroprevalence of hepatitis b virus among pregnant women attending antenatal care in dilla university referral hospital gedio zone, ethiopia; health facility based cross-sectional study.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/11e5e171dec54b689fc075bdb0ed8165
work_keys_str_mv AT adugnawatnafuatalay seroprevalenceofhepatitisbvirusamongpregnantwomenattendingantenatalcareindillauniversityreferralhospitalgediozoneethiopiahealthfacilitybasedcrosssectionalstudy
AT retakassaabebe seroprevalenceofhepatitisbvirusamongpregnantwomenattendingantenatalcareindillauniversityreferralhospitalgediozoneethiopiahealthfacilitybasedcrosssectionalstudy
AT aberasheifadadhi seroprevalenceofhepatitisbvirusamongpregnantwomenattendingantenatalcareindillauniversityreferralhospitalgediozoneethiopiahealthfacilitybasedcrosssectionalstudy
AT workuketemabededa seroprevalenceofhepatitisbvirusamongpregnantwomenattendingantenatalcareindillauniversityreferralhospitalgediozoneethiopiahealthfacilitybasedcrosssectionalstudy
_version_ 1718413846982426624