Table 4.
Association between baseline sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge, attitude, and willingness scores regarding monkeypox (n = 637).
| Variables | Knowledge | Attitude | Willingness | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Poor | X2 | p-Value | Positive | Negative | X2 | p-Value | Yes | No | X2 | p-Value | ||
| Age (years) | 21–30 | 73 (18.2) | 328 (81.8) | 0.03 | 0.98 | 183 (45.6) | 218 (54.4) | 9.17 | 0.01 | 63 (15.7) | 338 (84.3) | 2.61 | 0.27 |
| 31–40 | 32 (18.5) | 141 (81.5) | 97 (56.1) | 76 (43.9) | 36 (20.8) | 137 (79.2) | |||||||
| 41+ | 11 (17.5) | 52 (82.5) | 39 (61.9) | 24 (38.1) | 13 (20.6) | 50 (79.4) | |||||||
| Gender | Male | 54 (16.9) | 265 (83.1) | 0.70 | 0.40 | 162 (74.0) | 157 (26.0) | 0.12 | 0.72 | 50 (15.7) | 269 (84.3) | 1.60 | 0.20 |
| Female | 62 (19.5) | 256 (80.5) | 157 (49.4) | 161 (50.6) | 62 (19.5) | 256 (80.5) | |||||||
| Marital status | Single | 55 (17.5) | 259 (82.5) | 2.71 | 0.25 | 128 (40.8) | 186 (59.2) | 21.6 | <0.01 | 57 (18.2) | 257 (81.8) | 0.16 | 0.92 |
| Married | 60 (19.7) | 244 (80.3) | 179 (58.9) | 125 (41.1) | 52 (17.1) | 252 (82.9) | |||||||
| Widow/er | 1 (5.3) | 18 (94.7) | 12 (63.2) | 7 (36.8) | 3 (15.8) | 16 (84.2) | |||||||
| Level of education | Undergraduate | 115 (18.7) | 501 (81.3) | 2.63 | 0.10 | 308 (50.0) | 308 (50.0) | 0.04 | 0.83 | 109 (17.7) | 507 (82.3) | 0.16 | 0.68 |
| Graduate | 1 (4.8) | 20 (95.2) | 11 (52.4) | 10 (47.6) | 3 (14.3) | 18 (85.7) | |||||||
| Duration of practice | Less than 1 year | 31 (18.5) | 137 (81.5) | 1.54 | 0.46 | 52 (31.0) | 116 (69.0) | 37.0 | <0.01 | 31 (18.5) | 137 (81.5) | 0.31 | 0.85 |
| 1–5 years | 44 (16.2) | 227 (83.8) | 144 (53.1) | 127 (46.9) | 45 (16.6) | 226 (83.4) | |||||||
| More than 5 years | 41 (20.7) | 157 (79.3) | 123 (62.1) | 75 (37.9) | 36 (18.2) | 162 (81.8) | |||||||
| Occupation | Medical technician | 18 (13.8) | 112 (86.2) | 5.77 | 0.21 | 57 (43.8) | 73 (56.2) | 3.48 | 0.48 | 14 (10.8) | 116 (89.2) | 7.63 | 0.10 |
| Nurse | 44 (19.4) | 183 (80.6) | 120 (52.9) | 107 (47.1) | 42 (18.5) | 185 (81.5) | |||||||
| Pharmacist | 29 (24.0) | 92 (76.0) | 59 (48.8) | 62 (51.2) | 22 (18.2) | 99 (81.8) | |||||||
| Dentist | 12 (18.5) | 53 (81.5) | 32 (49.2) | 33 (50.8) | 17 (26.2) | 48 (73.8) | |||||||
| Physician | 13 (13.8) | 81 (86.2) | 51 (54.3) | 43 (45.7) | 17 (18.1) | 77 (81.9) | |||||||
| Place of residence | Outside the capital | 91 (19.3) | 380 (80.7) | 1.49 | 0.21 | 224 (47.6) | 247 (52.4) | 4.59 | 0.03 | 86 (18.3) | 385 (81.7) | 0.57 | 0.45 |
| Inside the capital (Erbil) | 25 (15.1) | 141 (84.9) | 95 (57.2) | 71 (42.8) | 26 (15.7) | 140 (84.3) | |||||||
| Heard about human monkeypox before 2022 | Yes | 98 (25.7) | 284 (74.3) | 35.5 | <0.01 | 196 (51.3) | 186 (48.7) | 0.57 | 0.44 | 65 (17.0) | 317 (83.0) | 0.21 | 0.64 |
| No | 18 (7.1) | 237 (92.9) | 123 (48.2) | 132 (51.8) | 47 (18.4) | 208 (81.6) | |||||||
X2 = chi-square.