Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study medical students (N = 11,919).

Characteristics	n	%
Age
(Mean ± standard deviation)	21.7 ± 2.2
Sex
Male	5,432	45.6
Female	6,487	54.4
Country (%)
Algeria	405	3.4
Bangladesh	388	3.3
Bahrain	461	3.9
Egypt	385	3.2
Ethiopia	399	3.3
Georgia	386	3.2
Greece	440	3.7
India	458	3.8
Iraq	426	3.6
Jordan	564	4.7
Lebanon	420	3.5
Malaysia	483	4.1
Morocco	573	4.8
Nigeria	402	3.4
Pakistan	745	6.3
Palestine	385	3.2
Poland	390	3.3
Romania	388	3.3
Saudi Arabia	385	3.2
Senegal	391	3.3
South Africa	385	3.2
Syria	439	3.7
Sudan	408	3.4
Tanzania	385	3.2
United Arab Emirates	480	4.0
United Kingdom	477	4.0
Yemen	471	4.0
Educational year
First year	1719	14.4
Second year	2080	17.5
Third year	2248	18.9
Fourth year	2602	21.8
Fifth year	1996	16.7
Sixth year	1274	10.7
Place of residence
Urban/city	10011	84.0
Rural	1908	16.0
Employment status
Not-working	9178	77.0
Employed (part-time job)	2148	18.0
Employed (full time job)	593	5.0
Knowledge of smallpox
Yes	6512	54.6
No	5407	45.4
Vaccinated against COVID-19
Yes	10011	84.0
No	1908	16.0
History of chickenpox disease
Yes	4880	40.9
No	4977	41.8
Uncertain	2062	17.3
Receiving training programs about monkeypox
Yes	10428	12.5
No	1491	87.5
Source of information about monkeypox a
Family members
Yes	4500	37.8
No	7419	62.6
Friends
Yes	5183	43.5
No	6736	56.5
Social media
Yes	8788	73.7
No	3131	62.7
Research articles
Yes	4451	37.3
No	7468	62.7
Scientific websites
Yes	6033	50.6
No	5886	49.4

^aMutually non-exclusive.