Frontiers in Public Health (May 2023)

A multinational cross-sectional study on the awareness and concerns of healthcare providers toward monkeypox and the promotion of the monkeypox vaccination

  • Sarya Swed,
  • Hidar Alibrahim,
  • Haidara Bohsas,
  • Nagham Jawish,
  • Mohammed Amir Rais,
  • Mohamad Nour Nasif,
  • Wael Hafez,
  • Wael Hafez,
  • Bisher Sawaf,
  • Ahmed Abdelrahman,
  • Sherihan Fathey,
  • Ismail Atef Ismail Ahmed Ibrahim,
  • Sondos Hussein Ahmad Almashaqbeh,
  • Razan Mohammad Yousef Aljawarneh,
  • Amine Rakab,
  • Emad Hassan Hassan EL-Shafei,
  • Rene Hurlemann,
  • Rene Hurlemann,
  • Rene Hurlemann,
  • Mohamed E. G. Elsayed,
  • Mohamed E. G. Elsayed,
  • Data Collection Group,
  • Albaraa Daradkeh,
  • Zuhair Antakly,
  • Mirna Maged Armanyos,
  • Ajmal J. Alsufyani,
  • Salsabeel Abdulbaki Ghalib Al_hanani,
  • Moyasar Awad Idris Abubakr,
  • Hadeil Ali Abdelsalam Alhashmi,
  • Jarjees Abduljabar Sulaiman,
  • Hadeel Fuad Alwan Al-sharjabi,
  • Nidaa T Alhumaidi,
  • Monzir Ahmed Hassan Osman,
  • Mohamed Basyouni Helal,
  • Abdulghani A Al-Aswadi,
  • Amna Elaagib,
  • Amatalkhaleq Hussein Hamoud Azzam,
  • Alshaymaa Mortada Ali Eltohry,
  • Wesal Mohammed Ahmed Abdelkaream Ishag,
  • Lyn Ahmad,
  • Safiya Mohammed Al-Haddi,
  • Ebrahim Ahmed Shaddad,
  • Mawahib Hajhamed El Sheikh Mergani,
  • Hossam Tharwat Ali,
  • Hadeel Shayef Ahmed Aljalal,
  • Ashjan Nasser Abdurabu Bamarhool,
  • Manal Jamal Qasim Al-Dhaheri,
  • Suhaib Hassan Mohammed Yousif,
  • Waheeb Ali Al-Garaid,
  • Raghad Sameer Qazzaz,
  • Nora Ra'ed Abdullah Atiah,
  • Dua Hassan,
  • Ali Haj Yehia,
  • Tahany A. Qashwa,
  • Imen Achouri,
  • Aseela Reyadh Abdu Mokbel Alhammadi,
  • Lana Sheet,
  • Wehba Hraiz,
  • Mohammed Ahmed Salah Mohammed Ahmed Elgak,
  • Sarah Alawi Almaqdi,
  • Hashem Tehsib Ali,
  • Kareem Fathy Mohamed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1153136
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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BackgroundThe aim of this study was to explore potential healthcare workers' (HCWs) concerns about the monkeypox virus in order to create practical solutions to manage this disease.MethodsOnline cross-sectional research was conducted in 11 Arabic countries (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, and Sudan) from 2 August 2022 to 28 December 2022.ResultsApproximately 82% of respondents felt the need to acquire further information. The acceptability of the vaccine against monkeypox has been indicated by more than half of the participants (54.5%). Furthermore, we state that 45% of the participants are knowledgeable about the monkeypox virus, and 53.1% of the participants have never been affected with COVID-19 before are more worried about COVID-19 than about monkeypox. Participants diagnosed with COVID-19 were 0.63 times less likely to worry about monkeypox than those who were not diagnosed with COVID-19. A greater willingness to get the monkeypox vaccination was seen among the age group 21–30 years (42.4%) compared to the other age groups.ConclusionMost healthcare professionals have a moderate knowledge of the monkeypox virus. Furthermore, they demonstrated a low willingness to get the vaccination against the monkeypox virus.

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