Assessing healthcare workers’ knowledge and confidence in the diagnosis, management and prevention of Monkeypox

Table 1 Socio-professional characteristics of Burundi healthcare workers

Variable		Frequency	Percentage (%)
Gender	Female	77	16.3
	Male	394	83.7
Age (years)	< 40	342	72.6
	≥ 40	129	27.4
Experience in (years)	≤ 5	165	35.03
	> 5	306	64.97
Residence	Capital	287	60.9
	Out of capital	184	39.1
Profession	Nurses and midwives	142	30.1
	Allied professions	28	5.9
	Medical doctor	301	63.9
Affiliation	Clinical facility	298	63.3
	Administrative facility	173	36.7
Health facility type	Public	352	74.7
	Private	66	14.0
	NGO	53	11.3
Education level	Secondary	60	12.7
	Graduate	310	65.8
	Postgraduate	101	21.4

NGO: Non-government organization.

Table 2 Correlation analysis of factors associated to confidence level to diagnose, treat or prevent mpox among Burundi healthcare workers

Variables		Confidence to diagnose		Confidence to treat		Confidence to prevent
		No n (%)	Yes n (%)	No n (%)	Yes n (%)	No n (%)	Yes n (%)
Age	< 40	259 (55.0)	83 (17.3)	273 (58.0)	69 (14.6)	259 (55.0)	83 (17.6)
	≥ 40	112 (23.8)	17 (3.6)	113 (24.0)	16 (3.4)	107 (22.7)	22 (4.7)
		χ2 = 6.889; aP = 0.009		χ2 = 3.826; aP = 0.050		χ2 = 2.815; P = 0.093
Education	Secondary	50 (10.5)	10 (2.1)	42 (8.9)	18 (3.8)	52 (11.0)	8 (1.7)
	Graduate	239 (50.7)	71 (15.1)	258 (54.8)	52 (11)	251 (53.3)	59 (12.5)
	Postgraduate	82 (17.4)	19 (4.0)	86 (22.3)	15 (17.6)	63 (17.2)	38 (21.4)
		χ2 = 1.619; P = 0.445		χ2 = 6.833; aP = 0.033		χ2 = 18.396; aP < 0.001
Occupation	Nurse	114 (24.2)	28 (5.9)	110 (23.4)	32 (6.8)	115 (24.4)	27 (5.7)
	AS	17 (3.6)	11 (23.0)	18 (3.8)	10 (2.1)	18 (3.8)	10 (2.1)
	MD	240 (51.0)	61 (13.0)	258 (54.8)	43 (9.1)	233 (49.5)	68 (14.4)
		χ2 = 5.820; P = 0.054		χ2 = 10.723; aP = 0.005		χ2 = 3.108; P = 0.149
Experience	≤ 5 years	117 (24.8)	48 (10.2)	135 (28.7)	30 (6.4)	115 (24.4)	50 (10.6)
	> 5 years	254 (53.9)	52 (11.0)	251 (53.3)	55 (11.7)	251 (53.3)	55 (11.7)
		χ2 = 9.381; aP = 0.002		χ2 = 0.003; P = 0.955		χ2 = 9.406; aP = 0.002
Gender	Female	49 (10.4)	28 (5.9)	50 (10.6)	27 (5.7)	61 (13.0)	16 (3.4)
	Male	322 (68.4)	72 (15.3)	336 (71.3)	58 (12.3)	305 (64.8)	89 (18.9)
		χ2 = 12.603; aP < 0.001		χ2 = 18.025; aP < 0.001		χ2 = 0.122; P = 0.727
Residence	Capital	210 (44.6)	77 (16.3)	230 (48.8)	57 (12.1)	206 (43.7)	81 (17.2)
	Out capital	161 (34.2)	23 (4.9)	156 (33.1)	28 (5.9)	160 (34.0)	24 (5.1)
		χ2 = 13.766; aP < 0.001		χ2 = 1.634; P = 0.201		χ2 = 14.913; aP < 0.001
Affiliation	Clinical facility	237 (50.3)	61 (13.0)	240 (51.0)	58 (12.3)	233 (49.5)	65 (13.8)
	Administrative	134 (28.5)	39 (8.3)	146 (31.0)	27 (5.7)	133 (28.2)	40 (8.5)
		χ2 = 0.281; P = 0.596		χ2 = 1.100; P = 0.294		χ2 = 0.108; P = 0.742
Institution	Public	283 (60.1)	69 (14.6)	286 (60.7)	66 (14.0)	260 (55.2)	92 (19.5)
	Private	48 (10.2)	18 (3.8)	54 (11.5)	12 (2.5)	59 (12.5)	7 (1.5)
	ONGs	40 (8.5)	13 (2.8)	46 (9.8)	7 (1.5)	47 (10.0)	6 (1.3)
		χ2 = 2.343; P = 0.310		χ2 = 0.958; P = 0.619		χ2 = 11.889; aP = 0.003
Total		371	100	386	85	366	105

^aP < 0.05.

Table 3 Logistic regression analysis model of factors associated to the confidence level to diagnose, treat and prevent mpox

Independent Variables	Dependent variables
	Confidence to diagnose			Confidence to treat			Confidence to prevent
	P	OR	CI	P	OR	CI	P	OR	CI
Age	0.149	0.637	0.345-0.176	0.275	0.703	0.374-1.323	0.425	0.787	0.436-1.419
Gender	a0.001	0.350	0.186-0.660	a0.001	0.328	0.173-0.621	0.935	0.971	0.480-1.963
Education	0.743	1.179	0.440-3.158	0.789	0.855	0.271-2.701	a0.032	3.556	1.118-11.313
Occupation	a0.040	2.827	1.046-7.39	a0.028	3.118	0.128-8.615	0.165	0.632	0.331-1.208
Residence	a0.003	2.337	1.335-4.090	0.102	1.624	0.909-2.904	a0.001	2.611	1.481-4.605
Experience	0.117	0.660	0.393-1.109	0.768	1.090	0.614-1.937	a0.012	0.514	0.305-0.864
Affiliation	0.979	1.008	0.557-1.826	0.672	0.871	0.459-1.652	0.799	1.075	0.617-1.873
Institution	0.525	1.298	0.582-2.896	0.608	0.778	0.299-2.026	a0.017	0.300	0.112-0.805

^aP < 0.05.