Monkeypox caused less worry than COVID-19 among the general population during the first month of the WHO Monkeypox alert: Experience from Saudi Arabia

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. A large-scale, cross-sectional survey was conducted between May 27 and June 5, 20...

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Published in:Travel medicine and infectious disease 2022-09, Vol.49, p.102426-102426, Article 102426
Main Authors: Temsah, Mohamad-Hani, Aljamaan, Fadi, Alenezi, Shuliweeh, Alhasan, Khalid, Saddik, Basema, Al-Barag, Ahmad, Alhaboob, Ali, Bahabri, Nezar, Alshahrani, Fatimah, Alrabiaah, Abdulkarim, Alaraj, Ali, Bahkali, Feras, Alkriadees, Khaled, Jamal, Amr, Halwani, Rabih, AlZamil, Fahad, Al-Subaie, Sarah, Barry, Mazin, Memish, Ziad A., Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agreements
Anxiety
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 vaccines
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disease control
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Global health
Health risks
Humans
Immunization
Infections
Infectious diseases
Knowledge
Monkeypox
Monkeypox vaccine acceptance
Monkeypox versus COVID-19
Monkeypox worries
Mpox (monkeypox) - epidemiology
Pandemics
Public perceptions
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Saudi Arabia - epidemiology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Smallpox
Smallpox Vaccine
Social networks
Sociodemographics
Statistical analysis
Surveying
Surveys and Questionnaires
Travel medicine
Vaccination
Vaccines
Virulence
World Health Organization
Worry
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Summary: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. 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. 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
ISSN:1477-8939
1873-0442
DOI:10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102426