Harapan Harapan, Abdul M. Setiawan, Amanda Yufika, Samsul Anwar, Sri Wahyuni, Febrivan W. Asrizal, Muhammad R. Sufri, Reza P. Putra, Nanda P. Wijayanti, Salwiyadi Salwiyadi, Razi Maulana, Afriyani Khusna, Ina Nusrina, Muhammad Shidiq, Devi Fitriani, Muharrir Muharrir, Cut A. Husna, Fitria Yusri, Reza Maulana, Mohd Andalas, Abram L. Wagner, Mudatsir Mudatsir
After the first, imported, laboratory-confirmed case of monkeypox in human was reported in Singapore on May 2019, countries in Asia started to strengthen disease surveillance systems. One challenge in preventing monkeypox is a lack of knowledge, particularly among healthcare workers. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of monkeypox among general practitioners (GPs) in Indonesia. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted. The survey collected participants’ knowledge on a 21-item scale and explanatory variables. A two-step logistic regression analysis was employed to assess the predictors of knowledge of monkeypox. A total of 432 GPs were included; 10.0% and 36.5% of them had a good knowledge using an 80% and 70% cutoff point for knowledge domain, respectively. No explanatory variables were associated with knowledge when using 80% cutoff point. Using the lower cutoff, there was lower knowledge among GPs who graduated from universities located in Sumatra or other islands versus Java (adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 0.53; 95%CI: 0.28–0.97, p = 0.041) and among those were older than 30 years compared to younger GPs (aOR: 0.61; 95%CI: 0.39–0.96, p = 0.033). GPs working in private clinics had less knowledge compared to GPs in community health centers (aOR: 0.55; 95%CI: 0.31–0.99, p = 0.047). In conclusion, knowledge of monkeypox among GPs in Indonesia is relatively low in all groups. Increasing knowledge of monkeypox will be key to improving the capacity of GPs to respond to human monkeypox cases and to report into a disease surveillance system. © 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Medical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; Tropical Disease Centre, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University of Malang, Malang, Indonesia; Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Malikussaleh, Lhokseumawe, Indonesia; Mohammad Natsir Hospital, Solok, Indonesia; Banda Aceh Port Health Office, Ministry of Health, Aceh Besar, Indonesia; Sabang Hospital, Sabang, Indonesia; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zainoel Abidin Hospital, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; Meuraxa Hospital, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; Department of Health Service, District Health Office, Aceh Besar, Indonesia; Nusa Jaya Community Health Center, Halmahera Timur, Indonesia; Teunom Community Health Center, Aceh Jaya, Indonesia; Department of Microbiology, Universitas Malikussaleh, Lhokseumawe, Indonesia; Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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