Monkeypox awareness,knowledge,and attitude among undergraduate preclinical and clinical students at a Malaysian dental school:An emerging outbreak during the COVID-19 era
作者机构：Department of Dental MaterialsFaculty of DentistryAsian Institute of MedicineScience and Technology(AIMST)University08100BedongKedahMalaysia Department of Dental Public HealthFaculty of DentistryAsian Institute of MedicineScience and Technology(AIMST)University08100BedongKedahMalaysia Department of PaediatricsFaculty of MedicineUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre56000Kuala LumpurMalaysia
出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2022年第15卷第10期
页 面：461-467页
核心收录：
学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学]
主 题：Communicable disease Monkeypox virus Public health Tropical disease Zoonoses
摘 要：Objective:To evaluate the awareness,knowledge,and attitude on monkeypox viral infection among preclinical and clinical dental students in ***:A cross-sectional study was conducted among 229 preclinical and clinical dental students via an online self-reported *** questionnaire included 3 items on awareness,15 items on knowledge,9 items on attitude and 2 open-ended *** were presented as frequencies and ***-square test was used to compare knowledge and awareness scores between preclinical and clinical dental students and content analysis was performed for open-ended ***:Preclinical and clinical dental students were aware of the existence of monkeypox(89.5%and 94.4%,respectively),that the disease emerged in non-endemic countries(81.0%and 87.1%,respectively)and that it was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization(73.3%and 79.0%,respectively).Clinical dental students’overall knowledge level was significantly higher than preclinical dental students(P=0.014).Both preclinical(95.2%)and clinical(96.8%)dental students demonstrated positive attitudes toward monkeypox with no significant difference(P=0.736)noted between *** themes emerged from the open-ended questions:(1)reimplementation of nationwide lockdown,(2)impact on the economy and health,and(3)disruption to the educational *** also anticipated their face-to-face learning to be reduced should there be a new ***:Both preclinical and clinical dental students showed comparable awareness and attitudes,while the latter demonstrated greater satisfactory knowledge toward the re-emergence of monkeypox during the COVID-19 ***,efforts to improve dental students’understanding of this alarming outbreak are required,to safeguard their health and minimise transmission.
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