HEPATITIS B, HEPATITIS C AND HIV SEROPOSITIVITY IN KAYSERI PENAL PRISONS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Year 2025, Volume: 39 Issue: 2, 29 - 34, 30.08.2025

Nuri Çakır , Mustafa Altay Atalay

https://doi.org/10.54962/ankemderg.1680911

Abstract

Convicts and detainees are at risk in terms of fecal-oral and blood-borne diseases, and tuberculosis due to the environment they live in. The aim of the study was to evaluate the HBV, HCV and HIV serological analyzes in blood samples examined during the first arrival general health screenings of detainees in penal institutions. In this cross-sectional study, serological data of 4916 detainees in Kayseri Penal Institution Campus between the years 2023-2024 were examined. The study was conducted by retrospectively examining the serological test results obtained within the scope of the general health screening of detainees upon their first arrival. The blood results of 415 detainees were obtained from the medical records of the patients. HbsAg was positive in 3.6% of female and 1.7% of male detainees. There were no female detainees with positive Anti-HCV and Anti-HIV values. Anti-HIV positivity was found to be 0.3% in male detainees. No statistically significant difference was observed in HbsAg, Anti-HCV and Anti-HIV positivity according to age. In our study, the positivity rates of some viral infectious agents were reported as a result of the screening performed on convict admissions to prisons. Prisons are risky environments in terms of infectious diseases. Therefore, our study once again demonstrates the necessity of screening for infectious diseases, vaccinating healthy people, treating people diagnosed with diseases, and preventing contamination of healthy people, especially in prisons, in order to protect the health of current prisoners.

Keywords

Prisoners , HbsAg , Anti-HCV , Anti-HIV

Ethical Statement

The study protocol was approved by the Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Date: 10/12/2024, Decision no: 274).

Supporting Institution

None.

Thanks

We would like to thank Aytül KILINÇ YARAŞ, expert nurse, for her contribution to our study.

KAYSERİ CEZA İNFAZ KURUMLARINDA HEPATİT B, HEPATİT C VE HIV SEROPOZİTİFLİĞİ: KESİTSEL BİR ÇALIŞMA

Abstract

Hükümlü ve tutuklu kişiler yaşadıkları çevre açısından fekal-oral ve kan yoluyla bulaşan hastalıklar ile tüberküloz açısından risk altındadırlar. Çalışmanın amacı, ceza infaz kurumlarındaki tutukluların ilk geliş genel sağlık taramaları sırasında incelenen kan örneklerinde HBV, HCV ve HIV serolojik analizlerini değerlendirmektir. Bu kesitsel çalışmada, Kayseri Ceza İnfaz Kurumu Kampüsü'nde 2023-2024 yılları arasında bulunan 4916 tutukluya ait serolojik veriler incelendi. Çalışma, tutukluların ilk gelişlerinde genel sağlık taraması kapsamında alınan serolojik test sonuçlarının retrospektif olarak incelenmesiyle oluşturuldu. Dörtyüzonbeş tutuklunun kan sonuçları hastaların tıbbi kayıtlarından elde edildi. HbsAg, kadın tutukluların %3.6'sında ve erkek tutukluların %1.7'sinde pozitifti. Anti-HCV ve Anti-HIV değerleri pozitif olan kadın tutuklu bulunmamaktaydı. Erkek tutuklularda Anti-HIV pozitifliği %0.3 olarak bulundu. Yaşlara göre HbsAg, Anti-HCV ve Anti-HIV pozitifliğinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark görülmedi. Çalışmamızda, cezaevlerine hükümlü kabulünde yapılan tarama sonucunda bazı viral enfeksiyöz ajanların pozitiflik oranları bildirilmiştir. Cezaevleri bulaşıcı hastalıklar açısından riskli ortamlardır. Bu nedenle, çalışmamız mevcut hükümlülerin de sağlığını korumak amacıyla özellikle cezaevlerinde bulaşıcı hastalıklara yönelik tarama yapılması, sağlıklı kişilere aşı yapılması, hastalık tanısı konulan kişilerin tedavisi ve sağlıklı kişilerin kontaminasyonunun önlenmesi gerekliliğini bir kez daha ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Hükümlüler , HbsAg , Anti-HCV , Anti-HIV

Ethical Statement

Kayseri Şehir Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Klinik Araştırma Etik Kurulu çalışma protokolünü onayladı (Tarih:10/12/2024, Karar no: 274).

Supporting Institution

Yoktur.

Thanks

Çalışmamıza katkılarından dolayı uzman hemşire Aytül KILINÇ YARAŞ'a teşekkürlerimizi sunarız.

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