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Does an educational film encourage members of the South Asian community to have testing for viral hepatitis, a liver infection that they have an increased risk of carrying?

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing
Infections and Infestations
Registration Number
ISRCTN18001753
Lead Sponsor
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Brief Summary

2020 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32861830/ (added 11/05/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
219
Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged over 18 years
2. Able to consent to participation
3. Able to speak English, Urdu or Hindi

Exclusion Criteria

Does not meet the inclusion criteria

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of people taking up testing after viewing the film assessed using testing centre records during the 1 month after the film has been shown
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> 1. Prevalence of viral hepatitis in the South Asian Surrey population assessed by analysing results of our testing population<br> 2. Attitudes, knowledge and behaviours before and after exposure to the film by distributing a pre- and post-film (time 1) questionnaires incorporating 5-point Likert scale scoring<br>
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