Investigating the level of awareness and attitude toward human monkeypox disease and its related factors among health, treatment, and administrative personnel of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.

Background: The re-emergence of monkeypox in several countries of the world shows the high potential of this disease to create a new epidemic. This research was conducted to determine the level of awareness and attitude toward human monkeypox disease and its related factors among health, treatment, and administrative personnel.

Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted by census method on 384 health, treatment, and administrative personnel in 2022. Data collection was done using a researcher-made questionnaire that was valid and reliable. The data were analyzed using SPSS-22 software and descriptive and analytical statistical tests at a significance level of P < 0.05.

Results: The average score of knowledge in treatment personnel was significantly higher than that of administrative and health personnel (P < 0.001). The average score of attitude in treatment personnel is significantly higher than that of health and administrative personnel, as well as in health personnel than that of administrative personnel (P < 0.001). A significant relationship was found between the variables of gender, marital status, place of residence, level of education, and occupation of people with their level of knowledge (P < 0.05). A significant relationship was found between the variables of gender, place of residence, level of education, and occupation of people with their attitude level (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: Health managers and policymakers, by knowing the state of awareness and attitude of healthcare personnel regarding monkeypox, can know the level of preparedness of the health system to deal with emerging and re-emerging diseases and make appropriate plans for managing this disease.