作者
Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Fadi Aljamaan, Shuliweeh Alenezi, Khalid Alhasan, Basema Saddik, Ahmad Al-Barag, Ali Alhaboob, Nezar Bahabri, Fatimah Alshahrani, Abdulkarim Alrabiaah, Ali Alaraj, Feras Bahkali, Khaled Alkriadees, Amr Jamal, Rabih Halwani, Fahad AlZamil, Sarah Al-Subaie, Mazin Barry, Ziad A Memish, Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq
发表日期
2022/9/1
期刊
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
卷号
49
页码范围
102426
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background
Monkeypox re-emerged in May 2022 as another global health threat. This study assessed the public's perception, worries, and vaccine acceptance for Monkeypox and COVID-19 during the first month of WHO announcement.
Methods
A large-scale, cross-sectional survey was conducted between May 27 and June 5, 2022, in Saudi Arabia. Data were collected on sociodemographic characteristics, previous infection with COVID-19, worry levels regarding Monkeypox compared to COVID-19, awareness, and perceptions of Monkeypox, and vaccine acceptance.
Results
Among the 1546 participants, most respondents (62%) were more worried about COVID-19 than Monkeypox. Respondents aged 45 years and above and those with a university degree or higher had lower odds of agreement with Monkeypox vaccination (OR 0.871, p-value 0.006, OR 0.719, p-value <0.001), respectively. Respondents with …
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