Knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical students on human Monkeypox in Southern Vietnam

Phuc Thai Tran, Duong Trong Tran, Nam Hai Vu, Luu Thi Nguyen, Khanh Bao Tran

Faculty of Medicine, Dai Nam University, Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Phuc Thai Tran, Duong Trong Tran, Nam Hai Vu, Luu Thi Nguyen, Khanh Bao Tran, 2023. Knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical students on human Monkeypox in Southern Vietnam. Journal of medical pharmaceutical and allied sciences, V 12 - I 6, Pages - 6164 – 6169. Doi: https://doi.org/10.55522/jmpas.V12I6.5367.

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices on Human Monkeypox among medical students in Southern Vietnam. A total of 556 medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, Tra Vinh University participated and completed a structured questionnaire about knowledge-attitude-practice on Human Monkeypox. Results: The proportion of female students having good knowledge (88.9%) was higher than that of male students (69.5%), however, the difference was not significant (p>0.05). Meanwhile, the proportion of students having good knowledge increased from the fresh year (72.8%) to the 6th year (92.0%) (p<0.05). Overall, 80,8% of medical students had good knowledge and 87.6% of students had good practice. To conclude, the knowledge-attitude-practice of me dical students with Human Monkeypox was at a good level.

Keywords:

Human Monkeypox, Medical student, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice.

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