A survey of Australian general practice management of hepatitis C-infected patients from non-English-speaking backgrounds.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Australia receives many migrants from countries with a high prevalence of hepatitis C infection. General practitioners, who are often the first health professionals consulted, need to be aware of risk factors and complications associated with hepatitis C in this group. METHODS:Four hundred and forty-seven general practitioners, obtained from registries at two Melbourne teaching hospitals serving large non-English-speaking migrant populations, were sent a questionnaire. Two hundred and forty-one returned a completed questionnaire. The survey attempted to assess knowledge of risk factors, complications, currently recommended antiviral therapy, referral practice to specialists and difficulties encountered by practitioners and patients in accessing information about HCV. RESULTS:Sexual and vertical transmission were listed as more common risk factors than iatrogenic causes or injecting drug use. Most respondents interpreted basic diagnostic tests correctly but there was a range of estimates regarding progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma with many seriously overestimating these aspects of natural history. Interferon and ribavirin were commonly listed as optimal therapy, but both interferon monotherapy and lamivudine, a treatment for hepatitis B, were stated as optimal therapy by 25% of respondents. Considerable frustration was expressed regarding access to reliable information about treatment outcomes and to linguistically and culturally appropriate patient information. CONCLUSIONS:The wide response range regarding modes of acquisition of HCV in patients from non-English-speaking backgrounds, rates of progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma and optimal antiviral therapy suggests a need to improve provision of appropriate educational resources that will facilitate general practice management of a common and important public health problem.

authors

Dev A,Sievert W

doi

10.1046/j.1440-1746.2002.02701.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-03-01 00:00:00

pages

295-300

issue

3

eissn

0815-9319

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1440-1746

pii

2701

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17

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