Haque Md Anamul, Ahamed Bulbul, Tanbir Md, Suhee Farhana Islam, Islam Md Rabiul
Department of Sociology, Eden Women's College National University Bangladesh Gazipur Bangladesh.
Department of Pharmacy University of Asia Pacific Dhaka Bangladesh.
Health Sci Rep. 2023 Jun 15;6(6):e1352. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.1352. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Monkeypox (Mpox) has become a concern worldwide after spreading into nonendemic countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared this a public health emergency of international concern and recommended to get vaccinated first who are at the highest risk. Risk perception and subjective norms can influence the decision of vaccine uptake. Therefore, we intended to perform a cross-sectional study on the male population in our country to assess their risk perception and subjective norms on Mpox.
We measured participants' risk perception and subjective norms using Google form. Demographic profile of participants was obtained using a structured questionnaire. We performed a test to compare the levels of risk perception and subjective norm perception and multiple logistic regression analysis to determine the association between the study parameters and the sociodemographic profile of the participants.
Among the participants, 93 (23.72%), 288 (73.47%), and 11 (2.81%) had high, medium, and low-risk perceptions, respectively. For subjective norms, we observed 288 (58.16%) participants had a medium, 117 (29.85%) had high, and 47 (11.99%) had low levels of subjective norms, respectively. Most participants possessed medium risk perception (73.47%) and subjective norms (58.16%). Moreover, we observed that moderate risk perception was prevalent in people with body mass index (BMI) level between 18.5 and 25 (73.3%), married (63.5%), low economic background (94.1%), living with a family (77.1%), smokers (68.4%), heterosexuals (99%), people with no/little impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on life (91%). Proportions of people with moderate subjective norms BMI level of 18.5-25 (73.2%), married (60.5%), low economic status (93.9%), rural (58.8%), living with family (77.2%), nonsmokers (71.1%), and people with no/little impact of Covid-19 in their lives (91.2%).
The majority of participants perceived medium risk perception and subjective norms related to Mpox. Furthermore, we observed a significant association between the study parameters and the sociodemographic characteristics of our study participants. We recommend that further longitudinal studies to yield more accurate results.
猴痘在传播至非流行国家后已成为全球关注的问题。世界卫生组织（WHO）已宣布这是一场国际关注的突发公共卫生事件，并建议首先为风险最高的人群接种疫苗。风险认知和主观规范会影响疫苗接种的决策。因此，我们打算对我国男性人群进行一项横断面研究，以评估他们对猴痘的风险认知和主观规范。
我们使用谷歌表单测量参与者的风险认知和主观规范。通过结构化问卷获取参与者的人口统计学资料。我们进行了一项检验以比较风险认知水平和主观规范认知水平，并进行多元逻辑回归分析以确定研究参数与参与者社会人口学资料之间的关联。
在参与者中，分别有93人（23.72%）、288人（73.47%）和11人（2.81%）具有高、中、低风险认知。对于主观规范，我们观察到分别有288名（58.16%）参与者具有中等水平、117名（29.85%）具有高水平、47名（11.99%）具有低水平的主观规范。大多数参与者具有中等风险认知（73.47%）和主观规范（58.16%）。此外，我们观察到，体重指数（BMI）在18.5至25之间的人群（73.3%）、已婚人群（63.5%）、经济背景较差的人群（94.1%）、与家人同住的人群（77.1%）、吸烟者（68.4%）、异性恋者（99%）、2019冠状病毒病（Covid-19）对生活没有/几乎没有影响的人群（91%）中，中度风险认知较为普遍。具有中度主观规范的人群比例为：BMI水平为18.5 - 25（73.2%）、已婚（60.5%）、经济状况较差（93.9%）、农村地区（58.8%）、与家人同住（77.2%）、不吸烟者（71.1%）以及Covid-19对其生活没有/几乎没有影响的人群（91.2%）。
大多数参与者对猴痘的风险认知和主观规范处于中等水平。此外，我们观察到研究参数与我们研究参与者的社会人口学特征之间存在显著关联。我们建议进行进一步的纵向研究以获得更准确的结果。
