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Hepatitis C Virus: Patients' Risk Factors and Knowledge in an Urban Clinic Providing Wound Care.
INTRODUCTION: Affecting about 3.2 million people in the United States, hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the primary cause of chronic liver disease and a global health challenge. Hepatitis C virus can affect the functioning of the liver, the health of the person, and thus wound healing.
OBJECTIVE: This quality project explores risk factors of HCV; self-reported screening, occurrence, and treatment; and knowledge of HCV in patients seeking wound care in an urban clinic.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Demographic risk factors, HCV history, and responses to a 22-item true-false-don't know HCV Knowledge Test were obtained from 58 patients. Risk factors included age (mean, 61.07 years), male sex (n = 41), non-Hispanic black race/ethnicity (n = 51), and history of injection drugs (n = 38).
RESULTS: Thirty-nine (67.2%) stated they had been screened for HCV; 31 were told they were infected. Only 14 went to a clinic for HCV care and 11 reported they were treated. The mean number of correct answers on the HCV Knowledge Test was 14.4 (standard deviation, 5.7).
CONCLUSIONS: This urban clinic had patients with multiple HCV risk factors; they often lacked HCV screening and/or referral for treatment. Their HCV knowledge was generally low. As a major public health problem that could impact wound healing, wound care practitioners should ask patients about their HCV status, encourage HCV screening and care, and provide HCV information.
OBJECTIVE: This quality project explores risk factors of HCV; self-reported screening, occurrence, and treatment; and knowledge of HCV in patients seeking wound care in an urban clinic.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Demographic risk factors, HCV history, and responses to a 22-item true-false-don't know HCV Knowledge Test were obtained from 58 patients. Risk factors included age (mean, 61.07 years), male sex (n = 41), non-Hispanic black race/ethnicity (n = 51), and history of injection drugs (n = 38).
RESULTS: Thirty-nine (67.2%) stated they had been screened for HCV; 31 were told they were infected. Only 14 went to a clinic for HCV care and 11 reported they were treated. The mean number of correct answers on the HCV Knowledge Test was 14.4 (standard deviation, 5.7).
CONCLUSIONS: This urban clinic had patients with multiple HCV risk factors; they often lacked HCV screening and/or referral for treatment. Their HCV knowledge was generally low. As a major public health problem that could impact wound healing, wound care practitioners should ask patients about their HCV status, encourage HCV screening and care, and provide HCV information.
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