Knowledge among Patient's Siblings Regarding Hepatitis B at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Lahore

Aim: To see knowledge ofpatient's siblings regarding Hepatitis B at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Lahore Study design: Descriptive cross-sectional study Place & duration of study: Services Hospital, Lahore over a period of six months Methods: 377 patient's siblings who accompanied patient for more than two days were included. Data was collected usinga structured pretested questionnaire. Data was entered and analyzed in SPSS 17 statistical package. Data was presented in the form of tables. Results: Among 377 participants, who responded to questionnaire, majority were male between the ages of 26-35 with male to female ratio of 3:1and most of them were undergraduates. Regarding knowledge, most of the participants were having poor knowledge of transmission of Hepatitis B. Conclusion: Patient's siblings who accompany patients in medical wards are having poor knowledge of transmission of hepatitis B. This gap in knowledge is an important challenge for the prevention of spread of Hepatitis B.