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Abstract
Hepatitis C virus infection is the major etiological agent of chronic hepatitis and liver disease worldwide. It is estimated that approximately 130-210 million individuals of the world population are chronically infected with HCV .Egypt has the highest prevalence of HCV worldwide, recent data estimated that 15% of the general population in Egypt have HCV. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an education program on health related behaviors among patients with chronic viral hepatitis C . The research design was Quasi experimental. The sample contained 216 hepatic C patients were classified into two equal groups: control and study, treated by alpha pegylated interferon and ribavirin combination therapy in El-Tadam on hospital in Port -Said city. Two tools were used for data collections included hepatitis C virus patient’s knowledge structured interview sheet and hepatitis C virus health related behaviors assessment tool. The results of this study revealed a strong positive statistically significant correlation between total patients’ knowledge about HCV disease and total health behaviors. The study concluded that implementation of the designed health education program in combination with medical treatment was successful in improving patients’ knowledge and how to live and cope with HCV disease in a healthy way through modification of desirable health behaviors .The study recommended that nurses should focus on correction of unhealthy behaviors among patients with HCV infection to avoid subsequent complications of disease.