prevalence of psychological distress of fetting affected with monkeypox among health care professionals

Monkeypox has been neglected tropic disease of western and central Africa since the early 70s.during May 2022, an unprecedent outbreak of monkeypox has included most of European country as well as north and south America. To know the Prevalence of psychological distress of getting affected with monkey pox among health care professionals. An online cross-sectional survey among 380 health care professionals age between 18 to 60 year was done across the country. Questionnaire assessed the psychological distress, knowledge, and awareness among health care professionals. Total of 380 individuals participated in the study. Out of total 52% are male and 47.9% female. Out of total 21.3% are anxious when encounter the patient affected with monkeypox and 36.8% get scared during treatment of patient affected with monkeypox and 32.1% healthcare know the how monkeypox virus spread and 60% reported it spread through droplet of infected person. The study concluded that the knowledge is less about the monkeypox virus among health care professionals and also less psychological stress because of a smaller number of cases present across the country.

自20世纪70年代初以来，猴痘（Monkeypox）一直是西非与中非地区被长期忽视的热带病。2022年5月，一场史无前例的猴痘暴发疫情波及了绝大多数欧洲国家以及南北美洲地区。本研究旨在明确医护人员（healthcare professionals）感染猴痘后出现心理困扰的流行现状。研究针对全国范围内380名年龄介于18至60岁的医护人员开展了一项线上横断面调查（cross-sectional survey）。研究通过问卷评估了医护人员的心理困扰状况、相关知识储备与认知水平。本研究共纳入380名研究对象，其中52%为男性，47.9%为女性。结果显示，21.3%的受访者在接诊猴痘感染患者时会感到焦虑，36.8%的受访者在治疗猴痘感染患者时会产生恐惧情绪；32.1%的医护人员知晓猴痘病毒的传播途径，60%的受访者认为病毒可通过感染者的飞沫进行传播。研究结论表明，当前医护人员对猴痘病毒的认知水平有待提升，且由于国内猴痘病例数量较少，其面临的心理应激水平也相对较低。