Influencing factors of monkeypox perceptions and willingness to treat monkeypox patients among medical staff in Beijing

ZHANG Ye; WANG Bingyi; MENG Han; HAN Baihui; WU Ke; JIANG Xiaohong; FU Leiwen; ZHANG Weijie; LI Qian; XU Zhiyuan; YANG Yuan; WANG Jiaqi; QI Xiao; ZOU Huachun

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ZHANG Ye, WANG Bingyi, MENG Han, HAN Baihui, WU Ke, JIANG Xiaohong, FU Leiwen, ZHANG Weijie, LI Qian, XU Zhiyuan, YANG Yuan, WANG Jiaqi, QI Xiao, ZOU Huachun. Influencing factors of monkeypox perceptions and willingness to treat monkeypox patients among medical staff in Beijing[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2024, 28(4): 402-408. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2024.04.005

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ZHANG Ye, WANG Bingyi, MENG Han, HAN Baihui, WU Ke, JIANG Xiaohong, FU Leiwen, ZHANG Weijie, LI Qian, XU Zhiyuan, YANG Yuan, WANG Jiaqi, QI Xiao, ZOU Huachun. Influencing factors of monkeypox perceptions and willingness to treat monkeypox patients among medical staff in Beijing[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2024, 28(4): 402-408. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2024.04.005

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ZHANG Ye, WANG Bingyi, MENG Han, HAN Baihui, WU Ke, JIANG Xiaohong, FU Leiwen, ZHANG Weijie, LI Qian, XU Zhiyuan, YANG Yuan, WANG Jiaqi, QI Xiao, ZOU Huachun. Influencing factors of monkeypox perceptions and willingness to treat monkeypox patients among medical staff in Beijing[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2024, 28(4): 402-408. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2024.04.005

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Influencing factors of monkeypox perceptions and willingness to treat monkeypox patients among medical staff in Beijing

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2024.04.005

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Department of Epidemic and Endemic Disease Control. Beijing Chaoyang District Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100021, China
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Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China

Funds: 2021 Beijing Major Epidemic Prevention and Control Key Specialist Project Funding

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Corresponding author: QI Xiao, E-mail: qixiao10@outlook.com; ZOU Huachun, E-mail: zouhuachun@fudan.edu.cn
Received Date: 2023-09-22
Rev Recd Date: 2024-01-09

Available Online: 2024-05-17

Publish Date: 2024-04-10

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Objective This study aims to understand the level of awareness of monkeypox, the willingness to treat monkeypox patients and their associated factors among medical workers in Beijing. Thereby contributing to provide a scientific basis for formulating responding strategies. Methods The questionnaire survey was conducted among medical workers using the convenient sampling method between July 24 and August 2, 2023 in Beijing. The contents of the survey mainly included general demographic characteristics, awareness of monkeypox, and the willingness to treat monkeypox patients. Multivariate logistic regression analysis model was employed to analyze the influencing factors associated with the level of awareness of monkeypox and the willingness of receiving monkeypox patients among medical workers. Results A total of 2 148 valid questionnaires were collected in this study, the mean age of the respondents was 36.76±9.08 years old. 83.10% of individuals knew about monkeypox before this survey, and 82.45% were willing to treat monkeypox patients. The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis model showed that medical workers who aged from 41 to 50 years old (OR=1.98, 95% CI: 1.27-3.07), working in tertiary medical institutions (OR=1.53, 95% CI: 1.13-2.07), physician (OR=1.80, 95% CI: 1.32-2.45), with middle professional titles (OR=1.37, 95% CI: 1.05-1.79) had a higher level of monkeypox knowledge. And medical workers who working in other departments such as gynecology/pediatrics departments (OR=0.73, 95% CI: 0.57-0.94) were more likely to have lower level of monkeypox knowledge (all P < 0.05). Medical workers who were female (OR=0.70, 95% CI: 0.51-0.96), with middle (OR=0.62, 95% CI: 0.45-0.87) and senior professional titles (OR=0.55, 95% CI: 0.31-0.95), had high awareness of monkeypox (OR=0.76, 95% CI: 0.61-0.97), were less willing to treat monkeypox patients. Medical staff in other departments were more willing to treat monkeypox patients (OR=1.51, 95% CI: 1.08-2.15) than those in high-risk departments (all P < 0.05). Conclusions Awareness of monkeypox was high among medical workers in Beijing, however some of them were unwilling to treat monkeypox patients. It is necessary for medical workers to strengthen relevant occupational protection training and psychological interventions to protect them from monkeypox transmission, eliminate their concerns about receiving patients, and improve their willingness to treat monkeypox patients.
- Monkeypox,
- Perceptions,
- Medical workers

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