Robert J Wong1, Mandana Khalili2. 1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital, Oakland. 2. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Abstract
GOALS: To evaluate the impact of a prospective patient-centered hepatitis B virus (HBV) educational intervention on improving HBV care. BACKGROUND: Improving patients' HBV knowledge has the potential to improve adherence to HBV monitoring and management, particularly among underserved safety-net populations. METHODS: Consecutive chronic HBV adults at a single-center safety-net liver clinic were recruited from July 2017 to July 2018 to evaluate the impact of an in-person, language concordant formal HBV educational intervention on improvements in HBV knowledge and HBV management: appropriate HBV clinic follow-up (≥1 visit/year), HBV laboratory monitoring (≥1 HBV viral load and alanine aminotransferase test/year), hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance (≥1 liver imaging test/year among eligible patients), and HBV treatment among treatment eligible patients. HBV knowledge and management were assessed before and after the intervention and compared with age-matched and sex-matched HBV controls who did not receive an education. RESULTS: Among 102 patients with chronic HBV (54.9% men; mean age, 52.0±13.8), HBV education improved HBV knowledge scores by 25% (P<0.001), HBV clinic follow-up from 25.5% to 81.4% (P<0.001), HBV laboratory monitoring from 62.8% to 77.5% (P=0.02), and appropriate HBV treatment from 71.5% to 98.5% (P<0.001). Compared with 102 HBV controls, receiving HBV education was associated with higher rates of HBV clinic follow-up (81.4% vs. 39.2%; odds ratio, 7.02; 95% confidence interval, 3.64-13.56; P<0.001) and appropriate HBV laboratory monitoring (77.5% vs. 42.2%; odds ratio, 4.94, 95% confidence interval, 2.64-9.24; P<0.001). CONCLUSION: A formal, in-person, language concordant educational intervention leads to significant improvements in HBV knowledge, resulting in improved HBV monitoring and appropriate HBV treatment.
GOALS: To evaluate the impact of a prospective patient-centered hepatitis B virus (HBV) educational intervention on improving HBV care. BACKGROUND: Improving patients' HBV knowledge has the potential to improve adherence to HBV monitoring and management, particularly among underserved safety-net populations. METHODS: Consecutive chronic HBV adults at a single-center safety-net liver clinic were recruited from July 2017 to July 2018 to evaluate the impact of an in-person, language concordant formal HBV educational intervention on improvements in HBV knowledge and HBV management: appropriate HBV clinic follow-up (≥1 visit/year), HBV laboratory monitoring (≥1 HBV viral load and alanine aminotransferase test/year), hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance (≥1 liver imaging test/year among eligible patients), and HBV treatment among treatment eligible patients. HBV knowledge and management were assessed before and after the intervention and compared with age-matched and sex-matched HBV controls who did not receive an education. RESULTS: Among 102 patients with chronic HBV (54.9% men; mean age, 52.0±13.8), HBV education improved HBV knowledge scores by 25% (P<0.001), HBV clinic follow-up from 25.5% to 81.4% (P<0.001), HBV laboratory monitoring from 62.8% to 77.5% (P=0.02), and appropriate HBV treatment from 71.5% to 98.5% (P<0.001). Compared with 102 HBV controls, receiving HBV education was associated with higher rates of HBV clinic follow-up (81.4% vs. 39.2%; odds ratio, 7.02; 95% confidence interval, 3.64-13.56; P<0.001) and appropriate HBV laboratory monitoring (77.5% vs. 42.2%; odds ratio, 4.94, 95% confidence interval, 2.64-9.24; P<0.001). CONCLUSION: A formal, in-person, language concordant educational intervention leads to significant improvements in HBV knowledge, resulting in improved HBV monitoring and appropriate HBV treatment.
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