Conhecimento e atitudes da área da saúde frente ao risco de contaminação por hepatites ao fazer as unhas

• Autor(a) principal: Barboza, Ana Lucia Monaro [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/123661; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/11-06-2015/000831435.pdf
• topic: Hepatite B; Hepatite C; Unhas - Manifestações de doenças gerais; Manicure (Tecnica) Contaminação; Avaliação de riscos de saude; Pessoal da area médica; Health risk assessment; Hepatitis C; Manicuring

Viral Hepatitis B and C constitute a major public health problem worldwide and in Brazil, given their clinical features, high morbidity and mortality. These diseases are primarily parenterally transmitted, through contact with blood from infected individuals. Transmission can occur through cosmetic procedures that use needlestick materials, such as those involved in tattoos, piercings and manicure, due to lack of proper training or cleaning and sterilization. The goal of this study was to assess the knowledge of healthcare students on viral hepatitis, and the influence of their training on their attitude and preventive behavior when doing or having their nails done. This is an exploratory, cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical study, with a quanti-qualitative approach, developed in two stages, with nursing and medical female students from the Botucatu Medical School, UNESP. In the first stage, all first and last-year pre-graduate, female, nursing and medical students of the academic year 2013 completed a self-administered questionnaire. Their awareness and behavior regarding possible hepatitis virus contamination of manicure materials were assessed by means of association tests (chi-square) between first and last-year students. In all the tests, the significance level used was 5%. In the second stage of the study the approach was qualitative, with 24 last-year, nursing and medical female students, randomly invited to participate. The number of students from each course to be interviewed was determined by the saturation point. The mean ages of firstyear nursing and medical students were 19.8 and 20.1 years, respectively. The mean ages of fourth-year nursing students and sixth-year medical students were 22.4 and 24.7 years, respectively. Theoretical knowledge regarding hepatitis B and C was acquired throughout the academic training, whether concerning prevention, transmission or even definitions. Assessing the knowledge, attitude and ...