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Knowledge of Human Monkeypox Infection among Final Year Medical, Pharmacy, and Nursing Students: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Analysis from Pakistan

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency in June 2022. In Pakistan, positive cases of monkeypox were reported in April 2023. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are considered as a front-line force to combat such outbreaks. A questionnaire-based cross-secti...

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Autores principales: Masood, Sahabia, Alkubaisi, Noorah A., Aslam, Maryam, Salman, Muhammad, Baraka, Mohamed A., Mustafa, Zia Ul, Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain, Khan, Yusra Habib, Meyer, Johanna C., Godman, Brian
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37893851
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202777
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author Masood, Sahabia
Alkubaisi, Noorah A.
Aslam, Maryam
Salman, Muhammad
Baraka, Mohamed A.
Mustafa, Zia Ul
Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain
Khan, Yusra Habib
Meyer, Johanna C.
Godman, Brian
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Alkubaisi, Noorah A.
Aslam, Maryam
Salman, Muhammad
Baraka, Mohamed A.
Mustafa, Zia Ul
Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain
Khan, Yusra Habib
Meyer, Johanna C.
Godman, Brian
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description The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency in June 2022. In Pakistan, positive cases of monkeypox were reported in April 2023. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are considered as a front-line force to combat such outbreaks. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 11 public sector educational institutions in Punjab, Pakistan, during May and June 2023 among final year medical, pharmacy, and nursing students concerning their knowledge of monkeypox. This included the signs/symptoms of monkeypox. Healthcare students were chosen as they are the HCWs of tomorrow. A total of 389 healthcare students participated in the study, with a mean age of 23.17 ± 1.72 years, and the majority were female. The mean knowledge score was 17.69 ± 4.55 (95% CI 17.24–18.14) out of a maximum total knowledge score of 26 (each correct answer was given a score of 1). The proportion of students with good, moderate, and poor knowledge was 21.6%, 43.2%, and 35.2%, respectively. Age (p = 0.017), gender (p < 0.001), and education (p < 0.001) had a significant impact on the knowledge score. In the multivariate linear regression model, education was the only significant factor linked to knowledge scores. Overall, the majority of future HCWs had moderate knowledge of monkeypox. Consequently, educational activities are needed to improve monkeypox-related knowledge among future HCWs. Furthermore, emerging infectious diseases should be routinely incorporated into HCW curricula.
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spelling pubmed-106061592023-10-28 Knowledge of Human Monkeypox Infection among Final Year Medical, Pharmacy, and Nursing Students: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Analysis from Pakistan Masood, Sahabia Alkubaisi, Noorah A. Aslam, Maryam Salman, Muhammad Baraka, Mohamed A. Mustafa, Zia Ul Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain Khan, Yusra Habib Meyer, Johanna C. Godman, Brian Healthcare (Basel) Article The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency in June 2022. In Pakistan, positive cases of monkeypox were reported in April 2023. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are considered as a front-line force to combat such outbreaks. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 11 public sector educational institutions in Punjab, Pakistan, during May and June 2023 among final year medical, pharmacy, and nursing students concerning their knowledge of monkeypox. This included the signs/symptoms of monkeypox. Healthcare students were chosen as they are the HCWs of tomorrow. A total of 389 healthcare students participated in the study, with a mean age of 23.17 ± 1.72 years, and the majority were female. The mean knowledge score was 17.69 ± 4.55 (95% CI 17.24–18.14) out of a maximum total knowledge score of 26 (each correct answer was given a score of 1). The proportion of students with good, moderate, and poor knowledge was 21.6%, 43.2%, and 35.2%, respectively. Age (p = 0.017), gender (p < 0.001), and education (p < 0.001) had a significant impact on the knowledge score. In the multivariate linear regression model, education was the only significant factor linked to knowledge scores. Overall, the majority of future HCWs had moderate knowledge of monkeypox. Consequently, educational activities are needed to improve monkeypox-related knowledge among future HCWs. Furthermore, emerging infectious diseases should be routinely incorporated into HCW curricula. MDPI 2023-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10606159/ /pubmed/37893851 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202777 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/).
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Masood, Sahabia
Alkubaisi, Noorah A.
Aslam, Maryam
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Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain
Khan, Yusra Habib
Meyer, Johanna C.
Godman, Brian
Knowledge of Human Monkeypox Infection among Final Year Medical, Pharmacy, and Nursing Students: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Analysis from Pakistan
title Knowledge of Human Monkeypox Infection among Final Year Medical, Pharmacy, and Nursing Students: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Analysis from Pakistan
title_full Knowledge of Human Monkeypox Infection among Final Year Medical, Pharmacy, and Nursing Students: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Analysis from Pakistan
title_fullStr Knowledge of Human Monkeypox Infection among Final Year Medical, Pharmacy, and Nursing Students: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Analysis from Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge of Human Monkeypox Infection among Final Year Medical, Pharmacy, and Nursing Students: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Analysis from Pakistan
title_short Knowledge of Human Monkeypox Infection among Final Year Medical, Pharmacy, and Nursing Students: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Analysis from Pakistan
title_sort knowledge of human monkeypox infection among final year medical, pharmacy, and nursing students: a multicenter, cross-sectional analysis from pakistan
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37893851
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202777
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