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. 2023 Jul 24;38(13):2914–2920. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08159-7

Table 2.

Awareness, perceived risk, attitude, and behaviors regarding monkeypox outbreak

Survey question and response Physician(n = 395) Nurse (n = 1793)
Awareness
Have you ever heard of the current multi-country monkeypox outbreak?
Yes 368 (93.2) 1583 (88.3)
No 27 (6.8) 210 (11.7)
Have you ever heard of monkeypox before the current outbreak?
Yes 121 (30.6) 492 (27.4)
No 274 (69.4) 1301 (72.6)
Perceived risk
Do you think monkeypox will someday be transmitted into China?
Yes 284 (71.9) 1052 (58.7)
Not sure 82 (20.8) 532 (29.7)
No 29 (7.3) 209 (11.7)
Is there a risk of infection for you or your family members?
Yes 167(42.3) 567(31.6)
Not sure 108(27.3) 591(33.0)
No 120(30.4) 635(35.4)
Do you think there will be a pandemic of monkeypox?
Yes 91 (23.0) 502 (28.0)
Not sure 155 (39.2) 651 (36.3)
No 149 (37.7) 640 (35.7)
Do you think COVID-19 promote monkeypox global transmission?
Promote 122 (30.9) 582 (32.5)
Inhibit 63 (16.0) 278 (15.5)
Not related 210 (53.2) 933 (52.0)
Attitude
Do you think HCW should pay attention to the monkeypox epidemic?
Yes 387 (98.0) 1760 (98.2)
Not sure 7 (1.8) 22 (1.2)
No 1 (0.3) 11 (0.6)
Do you think immediate action needed to develop monkeypox vaccines?
Yes 355 (89.9) 1679 (93.6)
Not sure 25 (6.3) 67 (3.7)
No 15 (3.8) 47 (2.6)
Do you think immediate action needed to develop monkeypox therapies?
Yes 346 (87.6) 1678 (93.6)
Not sure 31 (7.9) 68 (3.8)
No 18 (4.6) 47 (2.6)
If your relatives/friends exposed to monkeypox, should they be isolated?
Yes 360 (91.1) 1663 (92.8)
Not sure 28 (7.1) 115 (6.4)
No 7 (1.8) 15 (0.8)
Behaviors
Have you sought actively knowledge regarding monkeypox?
Yes 243 (61.5) 927 (51.7)
No 152 (38.5) 866 (48.3)
Do you expect the hospital organize seminar/lecture on monkeypox?
Yes 353 (89.4) 1630 (90.9)
Not sure 33 (8.4) 116 (6.5)
No 9 (2.3) 47 (2.6)