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. 2023 Mar 7;16:39. doi: 10.1186/s40545-023-00544-1

Table 3.

Relationship between knowledge score and sources of information about monkeypox

Overall knowledge P value
Total Poor Good
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Media (TV, radio, newspaper) 545 (68.73%) 369 (67.7%) 176 (32.3%) < 0.001
Social media (Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter…) 463 (58.39%) 324 (70%) 139 (30%)
Health authorities (MOPH…) 484 (61.03%) 298 (61.6%) 186 (38.4%)
Healthcare professionals (physicians…) 328 (41.36%) 207 (63.1%) 121 (36.9%)
Scientific journals/articles 420 (52.96%) 243 (57.9%) 177 (42.1%)
Health website (WHO, CDC…) 422 (53.22%) 258 (61.1%) 164 (38.9%)
Family and friends 350 (44.14%) 251 (71.7%) 99 (28.3%)
Hotline 8 (1%) 5(62.5%) 3 (37.5%)