2.3. Survey Contents

A structured questionnaire was used in this study, which was based on the previous literature [18,20,21,22]. Some parts of the questionnaire were previously used in Saudi Arabia (e.g., knowledge about Mpox) [18,20]. The survey questionnaire consisted of three sub-sections: (i) sociodemographic and profession-related information, (ii) knowledge about human Mpox, and (iii) confidence in dealing with monkeypox diagnosis and management (see Supplementary File S1). Sociodemographic and profession-related information, such as age, gender, marital status, level of work, work center, nature of work, etc., were included. Moreover, knowledge about human Mpox was assessed by 24 questions which included knowledge about the epidemiology, clinical aspects, transmission, and treatment of the disease [18,20,21,22]. Knowledge score was computed by summing up the 24 knowledge items with correct responses assigned as “one” point and incorrect responses assigned as “zero”. The mean knowledge score was set as a cutoff value for categorizing the overall knowledge. An individual who scored above the mean knowledge score was categorized as having “good knowledge”. Finally, confidence in human monkeypox diagnosis and management was assessed by three items, retrieved from Harapan et al. [25]. The two available answers were “yes” or “no,” with “yes” receiving a score of one and “no” receiving a score of zero. A total score is a range of 0 to 3, with higher scores signifying greater confidence.