Hepatitis B vaccination among students and residents of LUHS

Aistė Mikalauskaitė. Hepatitis B vaccination among students and residents of LUHS. Aim: To determine the reasons why students and residents of LUHS refused or failed to complete the hepatitis B vaccination. Goals: 1.To determine and compare how students and residents of LUHS who are unvaccinated and failed to complete vaccination course assess benefits of hepatitis B vaccination. 2. To determine the reasons why students and residents do not vaccinate or fail to complete hepatitis B vaccination course. 3. To compare the knowledge among students and residents of LUHS who are not vaccinated and failed to complete the vaccination course. Methods: Qualitative research method was chosen for a study. Students and residents of LUHS who refused to get a free vaccination and failed to complete vaccination course participated in a study. 172 questionnaires was sent electronically, 157 was fully completed. The collected data was processed and analyzed with SPSS 20.0. Qualitative evidence of the independence of the hypothesis was tested using chi-square (χ2) criteria and 95% confidence interval. Results were considered statistically significant if the error probability (p) of less than 0.05. Research results: 172 questionnaires was sent electronically, 157 was fully completed. Questionnaire response rate: 93% of students and residents who refused to vaccinate and 87% who failed to complete the hepatitis B course. 73% of respondents lack of data on vaccination programs. Partially vaccinated students and residents statistically significantly (p