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Knowledge of mpox and its determinants among the healthcare personnel in Arabic regions: A multi-country cross-sectional study

Swed S 1 , Bohsas H 1 , Patwary MM 2 , Alibrahim H 1 , Rakab A 3 , Nashwan AJ 4 Show all authors , Hafez W 5 , Hassan NAI 6 , Shoib S 7 , Elsayed M 8 , Sawaf B 9 , Albuni MK 9 , Battikh E 9 , Mohamed GMK 9 , AlBozom A 9 , Shaddad E 10 , Fathey S 11 , Nu Htay MN 12 , Sah S 13 , Cherrez-Ojeda I 14 , Mohanty A 15 , Padhi BK 16 , Rodriguez-Morales AJ 17 , Gandhi P A 18 , Sah R 19

Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria
  • 2 Environment and Sustainability Research Initiative, Khulna, 9208, Bangladesh
  • 3 Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar
  • 4 Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
  • 5 NMC Royal Hospital, 16th Street, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • 6 Aswan University, Faculty of Medicine, Aswan, Egypt
  • 7 JLNM Hospital, Rainawari, Srinagar, India
  • 8 Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III, University of Ulm, Leimgrubenweg, 12-14, 89075, Ulm, Germany
  • 9 Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
  • 10 Faculty of Medicine Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen
  • 11 Department of Health, Giza, Egypt
  • 12 Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Manipal University College Malaysia, Malaysia
  • 13 Research Scientist, Global Consortium for Public Health and Research, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Wardha, 442001, India
  • 14 Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador; Respiralab Research Group, Guayaquil, Ecuador
  • 15 Department of Clinical Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, India
  • 16 Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
  • 17 Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundacion Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
  • 18 Department of Community Medicine, ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad, India
  • 19 Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, 46000, Nepal
New Microbes New Infect, 2023 Sep;54:101146.
PMID: 37363720 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101146

Abstract

BACKGROUND & AIM: The monkeypox virus (MPXV), an Orthopoxvirus family member, is the zoonotic agent that causes mpox (formerly known as monkeypox). The ongoing mpox pandemic has caused cases across continents involving 110 countries. This study aimed to assess mpox knowledge and its determinants among healthcare personnel.

METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted from June 6 to June 25, 2022, among 17 Arab countries. The self-administered questionnaire consists of 53 questions assessing the knowledge about the monkeypox virus.

RESULTS: In total, 5874 medical students and clinical doctors from 17 Arab countries participated in this study. Only 13.8% (n = 812) of respondents have ever received information about mpox during their studies in medicine. The mean knowledge score was 13.84, and the median score was 15 (range 1-34). More than half (51.3%, n = 3012) have heard about mpox before. A low proportion of the participants had a good level of knowledge on mpox. Only 11.7% of respondents had correctly identified the natural host and the incubation period of mpox. More than half (58.9%) were aware of the signs and symptoms of mpox. Few respondents (28%) believed that mpox and smallpox have similar signs and symptoms. Specialist doctors had higher knowledge of mpox (AOR = 2.96, 95% CI = 2.24-3.92, p 

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