Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the personal psychology burden of hepatitis B.
Methods A household survey was conducted with the questionnaires among 235 hepatitis B patients.The weights of personal psychology burden were obtained from expersts' opinions with Delphi method.The personal psychology burden's values and their corresponding descending order were calculated according to the weights and the data from the household survey.
Results All the hepatitis B patients had different psychology burden, the rank of psychology burden was succesively liver cancer, liver cirrhosis, acute hepatit is B, chronic hepatitis B and HBsAg carrier after descending order processing.
Conclusion The personal psychology burden of hepatitis B cannot be ignored and the corresponding measurment scale should be developed further.It was necessary to carry out a certain social psychology intervention in the comprehensive prevention and treatment of hepatitis B.