Mpox Knowledge and Attitudes Survey of 330 Medical Students in Duhok, Iraq (2024)

330 medical students from Duhok Province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, participated in a cross-sectional survey from January 30 to April 4, 2024. The dataset, created by Ibrahim A. Naqid, contains responses to a 36-item questionnaire assessing demographic characteristics, knowledge, and attitudes regarding Mpox infection.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between demographic characteristics and Mpox knowledge scores based on age and prior smallpox awareness mentioned in the results.
• Model the relationship between information sources and knowledge levels based on the finding that reliance on friends was linked to lower knowledge.
• Assess the association between gender and attitudes towards Mpox based on the significant link reported in the results.
• Evaluate the impact of prior infections on attitudes based on the significant association with a history of chickenpox.

Strengths

• Data collection used both digital and paper-based questionnaires to maximize response rates.
• Includes specific statistical results, such as median knowledge and attitude scores of 20 and 42, respectively.
• Survey covers 330 participants with a defined mean age of 21.57 years and gender distribution (52.12% female).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data reflects a specific geographic and temporal context (Duhok Province, early 2024), which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Ibrahim A. Naqid via figshare

Collection Method

Structured self-administered questionnaire distributed to medical students.

Time Range

January 30, 2024 to April 4, 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 17:35:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Duhok Province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq