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Date Published: 17/03/2023
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v524i1A.4681
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Vol. 524 No. 1A (2023)
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Lê, T. D. H. ., Đặng , T. P. D. ., Đặng , T. P. D. ., & Vũ , T. Q. H. . (2023). KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE TO PREVENT HUMAN MONKEYPOX OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND RELATED FACTORS IN DAK LAK PROVINCE 2021. Vietnam Medical Journal, 524(1A). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v524i1A.4681

KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE TO PREVENT HUMAN MONKEYPOX OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND RELATED FACTORS IN DAK LAK PROVINCE 2021

Thị Diễm Hương Lê1,, Thị Phương Duyên Đặng 1, Thị Phương Duyên Đặng 1, Thị Quỳnh Hậu Vũ 2
1 Tay Nguyen general hospital
2 Medical Center of Buon Ma Thuot city

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By cross-sectional descriptive research method with online data collection and survey link posting on Google form group. We conducted a survey of 1,471 health care workers (HW) about their knowledge, practices in Human Monkeypox (MPX) prevention and related facters in Dak Lak province. The study sample consisted of 27,3% men and 72,7% women. The mean age was 36,1 ± 8,4 years old. The Kinh account for 77,2%. There were 87,6% HW who do not follow any religion. Professional qualifications of HW: Doctors (18.1%), nurses (31.5%), technicians (10.6%), midwives (8.7%) and other medical specialties (31.1%). 62.1% of HW were in urban areas. There was 99.3% of the HW had heard about the MPX. Channel to receive information about MPX: newspapers and television (98%); internet, social networks (98%); neighbors, ralatives (70%) and loudspeakers (69,1%). The average score of knowledge was 14,8 ± 1,7 /18 points. 60.8% of HW had good knowledge of MPX prevention. There was a difference in general knowledge about MPX prevention with professional qualifications (p<0.05). The overall average score of practice was 6,4 ± 0,9 /8 points. 55.9% of HW with correct MPX prevention practices. There was a difference in general practice about MPX prevention between men and women HW (p<0.05). There was a positive correlation between general knowledge and common practice (r=0.135, N=1,471, p<0.001) on MPX prevention.

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Knowledge, Practice, Human Monkeypox, Dak Lak, Correlation

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