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. 2022 Dec 21;11(1):19. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11010019

Table 2.

Association between baseline characteristics and knowledge score about monkeypox disease among physicians (n = 283).

Variables n (%) Good Knowledge; n (%) Poor Knowledge; n (%) p Value
Age
18–29 years 149 (52.7) 27 (29.3) 122 (63.9) <0.001
30–49 years 116 (41) 56 (60.9) 60 (31.4)
50 years and above 18 (6.4) 9 (9.8) 9 (4.7)
Gender
Female 166 (58.7) 70 (76.1) 96 (50.3) <0.001
Male 117 (41.3) 22 (23.9) 95 (49.7)
Medical specialty
Intern Doctor 35 (12.4) 5 (5.4) 30 (15.7) 0.004
General Practitioner 29 (10.2) 8 (8.7) 21 (11)
Basic Sciences Division 10 (3.5) 3 (3.3) 7 (3.7)
Internal Medical Sciences Division 172 (60.8) 70 (76.1) 102 (53.4)
Surgical Sciences Division 37 (13.1) 6 (6.5) 32 (16.2)
Medical practice experience
Less than 1 year 58 (20.5) 9 (9.8) 49 (25.7) <0.001
1–5 years 110 (38.9) 27 (29.3) 83 (43.5)
5–10 years 35 (12.4) 14 (15.2) 21 (11.0)
10–20 years 55 (19.4) 30 (32.6) 25 (13.1)
More than 20 years 25 (8.8) 12 (13.0) 13 (6.8)
Information on monkeypox during medical education
No 223 (78.8) 60 (65.2) 163 (85.3) <0.001
Yes 60 (21.2) 32 (34.8) 28 (14.7)
First time you heard information about monkeypox
Within several days or weeks ago 13 (4.6) 2 (2.2) 11 (5.8) 0.187
Within the last month or later 267 (94.3) 90 (97.8) 177 (92.7)
I did not hear about it 3 (1.1) 0 (0.0) 3 (1.6)
Personal history of COVID-19
No 95 (33.6) 17 (18.5) 78 (40.8) <0.001
Yes 188 (66.4) 75 (81.5) 113 (59.2)
COVID-19 vaccination history
0 to 3 COVID-19 vaccine shots 80 (28.3) 22 (23.9) 58 (30.4) 0.259
4 or more COVID-19 vaccine shots 203 (71.7) 70 (76.1) 133 (69.6)
Sources of monkeypox virus related information (multiple choices)
TV and radio 79 (27.9) 16 (17.4) 63 (33.0) 0.007
Social media 147 (51.9) 34 (37) 113 (59.2) 0.001
Family or friend 45 (15.9) 9 (9.8) 36 (18.8) 0.057
Books 44 (15.5) 24 (26.1) 20 (10.5) 0.001
Research articles 138 (48.8) 70 (76.1) 68 (35.6) <0.001