Table 6.

Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis to evaluate the predictive factors associated high knowledge, attitude, and willingness scores regarding monkeypox (n = 637).

Items	Knowledge				Attitude				Willingness
	AOR	95% CI		P	AOR	95% CI		P	AOR	95% CI		P
Age (41+ as ref.)
21–30 years	-	-	-	-	0.95	0.51	1.77	0.887	-	-	-	-
31–40 years	-	-	-	-	0.91	0.49	1.68	0.778	-	-	-	-
Gender (female as ref.)
Male	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.78	0.51	1.20	0.268
Marital status (widow/er as ref.)
Single	2.99	0.37	23.90	0.302	0.48	0.17	1.32	0.158	-	-	-	-
Married	3.42	0.42	27.37	0.246	0.70	0.26	1.88	0.481	-	-	-	-
Educational level (postgraduate as ref.)
Undergraduate	4.45	0.56	35.15	0.156	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Duration of practice (more than 5 years as ref.)
Less than 1 year	0.95	0.50	1.79	0.875	0.35	0.20	0.59	< 0.01	-	-	-	-
Between 1 and 5 years	0.75	0.44	1.28	0.299	0.79	0.51	1.22	0.294	-	-	-	-
Occupation (physician as ref.)
Medical technician	1.19	0.53	2.68	0.664	0.74	0.42	1.31	0.314	0.56	0.26	1.20	0.139
Nurse	1.82	0.89	3.72	0.099	1.07	0.64	1.79	0.787	1.03	0.55	1.93	0.916
Pharmacist	1.81	0.85	3.86	0.122	0.83	0.47	1.46	0.529	0.96	0.47	1.94	0.918
Dentist	1.51	0.62	3.70	0.360	0.83	0.42	1.61	0.586	1.62	0.75	3.47	0.215
Residence (inside the capital of “Erbil” as ref.)
Outside the capital	1.38	0.82	2.31	0.215	0.81	0.55	1.19	0.294	-	-	-	-
Heard about monkeypox before 2022 (no as ref.)
Yes	4.85	2.81	8.36	<0.001	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

AOR: adjusted odds ratio; ref.: reference; CI: confidence interval, P = p-value.