RT - Journal Article T1 - Hepatitis In hemodialysis patients and their family (1993) JF - IJN YR - 1999 JO - IJN VO - 13 IS - 20 UR - http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1334-en.html SP - 11 EP - 19 K1 - Preventive health care K1 - Hepatitis B K1 - Hemodialysis K1 - Positive Hbs Antigen AB -   This correlational study was undertaken to find the correlation between the rate of preventive health   care measures used! by 38 HBS Ag- positive. hemodialysis patients in prevention of transmission of Hepatitis   B virus and the prevalence of hepatitis B infection among their family members ( 95 persons) in 15   khordad hospital . The subjects were the HBS Ago positive hemodialysis patients possessing the necessary   qualifications and they agreed to participate , as did their family members who were available. The necessary   information was gathered through a questionnaire consisting of : 1) individual characteristics. 2)measuring the   rate of preventive health care from the: transmission of HBV in relation to parenteral route. 3) Measuring   the rate of preventive health care from the transmission of HBV in relation 10 mucal route. 4) questions   about familial history . To determine the prevalence of hepatisis B infection among patients ' family members,   serologic tests (HBS Antigen and HBS Antibody markers ) were used . Both descriptive and inferential statistics   were used to analyze the data and to lest tilt hypothesis. the finding were Presented in 52 tables and 5   diagrams .   The results show that the majority of patients of patients observed preventive health care measures moderately. The   results also show that 7.4% of the patients ' family members were HBS Ag- positive (present infection ) and   20% of them were HBS Ab- positive (previous infection ). The results indicate that in 50% of the patients,   Intrafamiliar transmission of HBV infection has occured . The results also show that the hypothesis of the   study wasn't proved , meaning there was no correlation between the rate of preventive health can measures   from the transmission of HBV by HBS Ag- positive hemodialysis patients with the prevalence of hepatitis B   infection among their family members .   There was significant correlation between age and prevalence of Hepatisis B infection also between the   kind of rtlatiomhip with patient and prevalence ofHepatitis B infection in patiml.r , family monbu:r . The.re   rautu snowed that children and spouses were more susceptible to infection and transmission . Also the 1-19   year age group .was the most high risk group in family for transmission, who must receive specialized cure   from the preventive point of view such as vaccination. As a whole, this study explains the application of   obtained results in community health nursing and community health services, and offer some suggestion for   further research . LA eng UL http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1334-en.html M3 ER -