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) |