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Knowledge, Attitude and Worry in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak in 2022: An Online Cross-Sectional Study
The rapid spread of monkeypox (mpox) has been declared as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The present study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and worry levels of the general population in the Kurdistan region of Iraq regarding the ongoing mpox multi-country outbrea...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10054073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36992194 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11030610 |
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author | Ahmed, Sirwan Khalid Abdulqadir, Salar Omar Omar, Rukhsar Muhammad Abdullah, Ardalan Jabbar Rahman, Hawre Asaad Hussein, Safin Hassan Mohammed Amin, Halkawt Ismail Chandran, Deepak Sharma, Anil Kumar Dhama, Kuldeep Sallam, Malik Harapan, Harapan Salari, Nader Chakraborty, Chiranjib Abdulla, Araz Qadir |
author_facet | Ahmed, Sirwan Khalid Abdulqadir, Salar Omar Omar, Rukhsar Muhammad Abdullah, Ardalan Jabbar Rahman, Hawre Asaad Hussein, Safin Hassan Mohammed Amin, Halkawt Ismail Chandran, Deepak Sharma, Anil Kumar Dhama, Kuldeep Sallam, Malik Harapan, Harapan Salari, Nader Chakraborty, Chiranjib Abdulla, Araz Qadir |
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description | The rapid spread of monkeypox (mpox) has been declared as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The present study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and worry levels of the general population in the Kurdistan region of Iraq regarding the ongoing mpox multi-country outbreak. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted between 27–30 July 2022, using a convenience sampling method. The questionnaire was adapted from previous studies addressing the same topic. The independent Student’s t-test, one-way ANOVA, and logistic regression were used to assess possible factors associated with knowledge, attitude, and worry toward mpox. A total of 510 respondents were included in the final analysis. The participants showed a moderate level of mpox knowledge, a neutral attitude towards mpox, and a relatively moderate worry level. The logistic regression analysis showed that age, gender, marital status, religion, level of education, and place of residence were associated with mpox knowledge; however, the significant variables in the multivariate regression analysis were gender, religion, level of education, and residential area. Gender and residential area were associated with attitudes toward mpox; however, the significant variables in the multivariate regression analysis were gender and residential areas. The worry toward mpox was influenced by gender, marital status, religion, and place of residence, yet the significant variables in the multivariate regression analysis were gender, religion, educational level, and residential area. In conclusion, the Kurdish population had moderate knowledge, a neutral attitude, and a moderate level of worry about mpox. Considering the continuous rapid rise in mpox cases in several countries, and its possible risk as pandemic amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, proactive control measures, adequate disease prevention strategies, and preparedness plans need to be formulated and immediately implemented to tackle the appearance of fears among people, and to safeguard the mental health of the public. |
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spelling | pubmed-100540732023-03-30 Knowledge, Attitude and Worry in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak in 2022: An Online Cross-Sectional Study Ahmed, Sirwan Khalid Abdulqadir, Salar Omar Omar, Rukhsar Muhammad Abdullah, Ardalan Jabbar Rahman, Hawre Asaad Hussein, Safin Hassan Mohammed Amin, Halkawt Ismail Chandran, Deepak Sharma, Anil Kumar Dhama, Kuldeep Sallam, Malik Harapan, Harapan Salari, Nader Chakraborty, Chiranjib Abdulla, Araz Qadir Vaccines (Basel) Article The rapid spread of monkeypox (mpox) has been declared as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The present study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and worry levels of the general population in the Kurdistan region of Iraq regarding the ongoing mpox multi-country outbreak. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted between 27–30 July 2022, using a convenience sampling method. The questionnaire was adapted from previous studies addressing the same topic. The independent Student’s t-test, one-way ANOVA, and logistic regression were used to assess possible factors associated with knowledge, attitude, and worry toward mpox. A total of 510 respondents were included in the final analysis. The participants showed a moderate level of mpox knowledge, a neutral attitude towards mpox, and a relatively moderate worry level. The logistic regression analysis showed that age, gender, marital status, religion, level of education, and place of residence were associated with mpox knowledge; however, the significant variables in the multivariate regression analysis were gender, religion, level of education, and residential area. Gender and residential area were associated with attitudes toward mpox; however, the significant variables in the multivariate regression analysis were gender and residential areas. The worry toward mpox was influenced by gender, marital status, religion, and place of residence, yet the significant variables in the multivariate regression analysis were gender, religion, educational level, and residential area. In conclusion, the Kurdish population had moderate knowledge, a neutral attitude, and a moderate level of worry about mpox. Considering the continuous rapid rise in mpox cases in several countries, and its possible risk as pandemic amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, proactive control measures, adequate disease prevention strategies, and preparedness plans need to be formulated and immediately implemented to tackle the appearance of fears among people, and to safeguard the mental health of the public. MDPI 2023-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10054073/ /pubmed/36992194 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11030610 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ahmed, Sirwan Khalid Abdulqadir, Salar Omar Omar, Rukhsar Muhammad Abdullah, Ardalan Jabbar Rahman, Hawre Asaad Hussein, Safin Hassan Mohammed Amin, Halkawt Ismail Chandran, Deepak Sharma, Anil Kumar Dhama, Kuldeep Sallam, Malik Harapan, Harapan Salari, Nader Chakraborty, Chiranjib Abdulla, Araz Qadir Knowledge, Attitude and Worry in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak in 2022: An Online Cross-Sectional Study |
title | Knowledge, Attitude and Worry in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak in 2022: An Online Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full | Knowledge, Attitude and Worry in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak in 2022: An Online Cross-Sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitude and Worry in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak in 2022: An Online Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitude and Worry in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak in 2022: An Online Cross-Sectional Study |
title_short | Knowledge, Attitude and Worry in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak in 2022: An Online Cross-Sectional Study |
title_sort | knowledge, attitude and worry in the kurdistan region of iraq during the mpox (monkeypox) outbreak in 2022: an online cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10054073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36992194 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11030610 |
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