How would Australian hospital staff react to an avian influenza admission, or an influenza pandemic?
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Auteurs : Franco Martinese ; Gerben Keijzers ; Steven Grant ; James LindSource :
- Emergency Medicine Australasia [ 1742-6731 ] ; 2009.
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For scenario one, 72 (13%) indicated that they would not attend work, and an additional 136 (25%) would only work provided that immunizations and/or antiviral medications were immediately available, so that up to 208 (38%) would not attend work. For scenario two, 196 (36%) would not attend work, and an additional 95 (17%) would work only if immunizations and/or antiviral medications were immediately available, so that up to 291 (53%) staff would not attend work. Staff whose work required them to be in the ED (odds ratios 2.2 and 1.6 for each scenario respectively) or on acute medical wards (odds ratios 2.2 and 2.0 respectively) were more likely to work.</p><p><bold>Conclusion: </bold> High absenteeism among hospital staff should be anticipated if patients are admitted with either avian or pandemic influenza, particularly if specific antiviral preventative measures are not immediately available. Measures to maximize the safety of staff and their families would be important incentives to attend work. Education on realistic level of risk from avian and pandemic influenza, as well as the effectiveness of basic infection control procedures and personal protective equipment, would be useful in improving willingness to work.</p></div></front><back><div1 type="bibliography"><listBibl><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct></listBibl></div1></back></TEI><pmc article-type="research-article"><pmc-dir>properties open_access</pmc-dir>
<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Emerg Med Australas</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Emerg Med Australas</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="doi">10.1111/(ISSN)1742-6723</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">EMM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Emergency Medicine Australasia</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">1742-6731</issn><issn pub-type="epub">1742-6723</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Blackwell Publishing Asia</publisher-name><publisher-loc>Melbourne, Australia</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">19254308</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">7163727</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01143.x</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">EMM1143</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Original Research</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>How would Australian hospital staff react to an avian influenza admission, or an influenza pandemic?</article-title><alt-title alt-title-type="left-running-head">F Martinese <italic>et al.</italic></alt-title><alt-title alt-title-type="right-running-head">Staff absenteeism due to avian influenza</alt-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib id="cr1" contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Martinese</surname><given-names>Franco</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1-1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib id="cr2" contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Keijzers</surname><given-names>Gerben</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1-1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib id="cr3" contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Grant</surname><given-names>Steven</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1-1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib id="cr4" contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Lind</surname><given-names>James</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1-1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff-1-1"><label><sup>1</sup></label>Department of Emergency Medicine, Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia</aff><author-notes><corresp id="correspondenceTo">Dr Gerben Keijzers, Department of Emergency Medicine, Gold Coast Hospital, 108 Nerang Street, Southport, Qld 4215, Australia. Email: <email>gerben_keijzers@health.qld.gov.au</email></corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>17</day><month>2</month><year>2009</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><month>2</month><year>2009</year></pub-date><volume>21</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1111/emm.2009.21.issue-1</issue-id><fpage>12</fpage><lpage>24</lpage><history><pmc-comment>supplied string: Accepted 30 September 2008</pmc-comment>
<date date-type="accepted"><day>30</day><month>9</month><year>2008</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement content-type="article-copyright">© 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine</copyright-statement><license><license-p>This article is being made freely available through PubMed Central as part of the COVID-19 public health emergency response. It can be used for unrestricted research re-use and analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source, for the duration of the public health emergency.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri content-type="pdf" xlink:href="file:EMM-21-12.pdf"></self-uri><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p><bold>Objective: </bold> To estimate the expected staff absentee rates and work attitudes in an Australian tertiary hospital workforce in two hypothetical scenarios: (i) a single admission of avian influenza; and (ii) multiple admissions of human pandemic influenza.</p><p><bold>Methods: </bold> A survey conducted at hospital staff meetings between May and August 2006.</p><p><bold>Results: </bold> Out of 570 questionnaires distributed, 560 were completed. For scenario one, 72 (13%) indicated that they would not attend work, and an additional 136 (25%) would only work provided that immunizations and/or antiviral medications were immediately available, so that up to 208 (38%) would not attend work. For scenario two, 196 (36%) would not attend work, and an additional 95 (17%) would work only if immunizations and/or antiviral medications were immediately available, so that up to 291 (53%) staff would not attend work. Staff whose work required them to be in the ED (odds ratios 2.2 and 1.6 for each scenario respectively) or on acute medical wards (odds ratios 2.2 and 2.0 respectively) were more likely to work.</p><p><bold>Conclusion: </bold> High absenteeism among hospital staff should be anticipated if patients are admitted with either avian or pandemic influenza, particularly if specific antiviral preventative measures are not immediately available. Measures to maximize the safety of staff and their families would be important incentives to attend work. Education on realistic level of risk from avian and pandemic influenza, as well as the effectiveness of basic infection control procedures and personal protective equipment, would be useful in improving willingness to work.</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd id="k1">absenteeism</kwd><kwd id="k2">avian influenza</kwd><kwd id="k3">hospital staff</kwd><kwd id="k4">pandemic</kwd><kwd id="k5">work attitude</kwd></kwd-group><counts><count count-type="links-crossref" count="0"></count><count count-type="links-pubmed" count="0"></count><fig-count count="0"></fig-count><table-count count="4"></table-count><equation-count count="0"></equation-count><ref-count count="32"></ref-count><page-count count="13"></page-count><word-count count="5798"></word-count></counts><custom-meta-group><custom-meta><meta-name>source-schema-version-number</meta-name><meta-value>2.0</meta-value></custom-meta><custom-meta><meta-name>cover-date</meta-name><meta-value>February 2009</meta-value></custom-meta><custom-meta><meta-name>details-of-publishers-convertor</meta-name><meta-value>Converter:WILEY_ML3GV2_TO_JATSPMC version:5.8.0 mode:remove_FC converted:15.04.2020</meta-value></custom-meta></custom-meta-group></article-meta><notes><fn-group><fn id="fn1"><p>Franco Martinese, MB BS, FACEM, DTM & H (London), Emergency Physician; Gerben Keijzers, MSc Epidemiology (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) MB BS, FACEM, Staff specialist; Steven Grant, MB BS, FACEM, Staff specialist; James Lind, MB BS, FACEM, Staff specialist.</p></fn></fn-group></notes></front><body><sec id="ss6"><title>Introduction</title><p>Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and avian (H5N1) influenza outbreaks pose well‐known threats to the health, and even lives, of health workers.<xref rid="b1" ref-type="ref"><sup>1</sup></xref> High absenteeism is very disruptive to hospital service provision.<xref rid="b2" ref-type="ref"><sup>2</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b3" ref-type="ref"><sup>3</sup></xref> During the SARS outbreak, affected hospitals experienced severe staff shortages,<xref rid="b4" ref-type="ref"><sup>4</sup></xref> as a result of personal or family health concerns, child care issues, quarantine measures or inability to get to work.<xref rid="b5" ref-type="ref"><sup>5</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b6" ref-type="ref"><sup>6</sup></xref> Staff were frightened for both their own and their family's health, and experienced significant psychosocial stress.<xref rid="b3" ref-type="ref"><sup>3</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b7" ref-type="ref"><sup>7</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b8" ref-type="ref"><sup>8</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b9" ref-type="ref"><sup>9</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b10" ref-type="ref"><sup>10</sup></xref> Only 18% of 186 health‐care staff surveyed in the USA were willing to work in the hypothetical setting of a transmissible infectious agent for which only unproven, experimental prophylaxis was available.<xref rid="b11" ref-type="ref"><sup>11</sup></xref> In the event of an influenza pandemic almost half of the local staff in another US study would be unwilling to work.<xref rid="b12" ref-type="ref"><sup>12</sup></xref> However, other studies have suggested that the implementation of appropriate education and protective measures improved willingness to work.<xref rid="b5" ref-type="ref"><sup>5</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b11" ref-type="ref"><sup>11</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b13" ref-type="ref"><sup>13</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b14" ref-type="ref"><sup>14</sup></xref></p><p>To minimize the risk of influenza transmission, health worker protection should involve both basic and specific measures. Basic measures include infection control procedures and personal protective equipment (PPE).<xref rid="b15" ref-type="ref"><sup>15</sup></xref> Basic infection control procedures consist of hand washing,<xref rid="b16" ref-type="ref"><sup>16</sup></xref> isolation and barrier nursing, and proper use and disposal of medical equipment, whereas PPE consists of a minimum of a surgical mask, but for close patient contact, should include a P2 mask, protective gown, gloves and eyewear,<xref rid="b17" ref-type="ref"><sup>17</sup></xref> which are available in most Australian hospitals. Specific measures include antiviral drugs (such as oseltamivir) and immunizations.<xref rid="b18" ref-type="ref"><sup>18</sup></xref> Although the Australian government is stockpiling antivirals,<xref rid="b19" ref-type="ref"><sup>19</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b20" ref-type="ref"><sup>20</sup></xref> sufficient antivirals would not be available for weeks,<xref rid="b21" ref-type="ref"><sup>21</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b22" ref-type="ref"><sup>22</sup></xref> and immunizations can only be developed once the viral strain has been identified with a lag time of about 6 months.<xref rid="b21" ref-type="ref"><sup>21</sup></xref></p><p>Given the potential for high morbidity and mortality coupled with a significant impact upon the operation of the health‐care system, we aimed to describe how an avian or pandemic influenza threat would affect hospital staff in an Australian setting. These effects are described in terms of expected absentee rates, work attitudes, concerns and incentives, which might be addressed in order to maximize work attendance should an influenza admission or pandemic occur.</p></sec><sec id="ss7"><title>Methods</title><p>We surveyed a convenient sample of Gold Coast Hospital staff between May and August 2006. The Gold Coast Hospital is a 570‐bed major metropolitan hospital in Southport, Queensland, Australia, employing 2051 full‐time equivalent workers. Data were collected using a questionnaire that was designed in collaboration with the hospital administration, infectious diseases and ED. It explored work attitudes to two hypothetical influenza scenarios: (i) a single patient admitted with avian influenza; and (ii) multiple patients admitted with a new strain of human influenza during a pandemic. Its format was self‐report pencil‐and‐paper, and addressed demographics, reasons why staff would (or would not) work, if they would work in the presence or absence of basic preventative measures (i.e. PPE) and specific preventative measures (immunizations and antiviral medications), and also work incentives and perceived risk. The importance of work incentives and level of concern were measured on a 10 cm visual analogue scale.</p><p>The anonymous questionnaire was distributed to hospital staff (medical, nursing, allied health and support staff) working part‐time or full‐time (<xref rid="t1" ref-type="table">Table 1</xref>). We aimed to sample approximately 25% of each staff group, based on the number of full‐time equivalent staff positions. Questionnaires were distributed during routine staff meetings during working hours. Participation was voluntary and informed consent was obtained. Completed questionnaires were placed in a locked box and stored securely. The study was approved by the hospital's human research and ethics committee.</p><table-wrap id="t1" xml:lang="en" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Table 1</label><caption><p>Characteristics of study subjects</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><col align="left" span="1"></col><col align="left" span="1"></col><col align="left" span="1"></col><col align="left" span="1"></col><col align="left" span="1"></col><thead valign="bottom"><tr style="border-bottom:solid 1px #000000"><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Total n</italic>= 560</th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1">100%</th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1">% of FTE
(<italic>n</italic>= 2051)
27.3%</th></tr></thead><tbody valign="top"><tr><td rowspan="11" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1">Job description</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Clerical/administration</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">68</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">12.1</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Porterage/cleaning</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">38</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6.8</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">59</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Laundry</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.9</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">41</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Kitchen</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">15</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.7</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Allied health</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.3</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pathology</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.6</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Nursing staff</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">245</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">43.8</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Medical staff</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">101</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">18.0</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Medical imaging</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">17</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.0</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">37</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pharmacy</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">18</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.2</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">54</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Missing</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.5</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="7" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1">Age (years)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><21</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.9</td><td rowspan="7" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21–30</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">162</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28.9</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31–40</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">151</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">27.0</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">41–50</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">139</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24.8</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">51–60</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">83</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">14.8</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">>60</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.9</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Missing</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.7</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1">Sex</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Male</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">155</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">27.7</td><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Female</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">363</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">64.8</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Missing</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">42</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.5</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1">Employment status</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Full‐time</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">489</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">87.3</td><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Part‐time</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">64</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">11.4</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Missing</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.3</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1">Dependants</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Yes</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">316</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">56.4</td><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">No</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">239</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">42.7</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Missing</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.9</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1">Pregnancy in family</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">No</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">542</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">96.8</td><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Yes</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">14</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Missing</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.7</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1">Required in the ED for work</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Yes</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">280</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">50</td><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">No</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">273</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">48.8</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Missing</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.3</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1">Working with acute medical patients</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Yes</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">427</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">76.3</td><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">No</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">127</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22.7</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Missing</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.1</td></tr><tr style="border-bottom:solid 1px #000000"><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Mean (±SD) duration of employment in years</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">11.03</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.42</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="t1_note144"><p><italic>FTE, full‐time equivalent.</italic></p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><p>We compared anticipated work attendance rates between demographic groups, using Pearson's χ<sup>2</sup>‐test to detect differences in proportions. The Student's paired <italic>t</italic>‐test was used to compare continuous variables between scenarios, setting <italic>P</italic> values of <0.05 as statistically significant. Both univariate and multivariate odds ratios (OR) were calculated for all potential predictors (<xref rid="t1" ref-type="table">Table 1</xref>). Univariate OR and their 95% CI were calculated using cross tables, and Yates correction for 2 × 2 tables was used. Multivariate OR were determined by logistical regression, with forward inclusion of predictive variables for both scenarios. To decide whether the variable was included in the logistical regression model, a threshold of <italic>P</italic> < 0.30 had to be reached in univariate analysis. All statistical analyses were preformed using <sc>spps</sc> version 15.0 (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA).</p></sec><sec id="ss8"><title>Results</title><p>A total of 570 questionnaires were distributed to staff. Ten (2%) declined participation (98% response rate). This response represents 27% of the hospital's workforce. Most were female (two‐thirds), aged between 21 and 50 years (three‐quarters), and nurses (44%). The 101 (18%) medical staff consisted of 22 consultants, 46 registrars and 33 residents. Most staff were required to work in areas with acute medical patients (77%), and about half of all staff attended the ED during their usual work (51%) (<xref rid="t1" ref-type="table">Table 1</xref>).</p><p>Some staff (<italic>n</italic>= 72, 13%) would not attend work if there was even a single case of avian influenza admitted (scenario one). Of the remainder, 136 (25%) would not work until specific antiviral preventative measures were provided (despite immediate access to basic preventative measures). Adding these, a total of 208 (38%) of staff would not attend work in scenario one.</p><p>In response to multiple admissions indicating an influenza pandemic (scenario two), 36% of staff would not attend work. Of the remaining 351 (64%) staff, a further 95 (17%) would not work without immediate provision of specific antiviral preventative measures (despite immediate access to basic preventative measures). This resulted in a total of 291 (53%) of staff not attending work in scenario two.</p><p>Predicted absenteeism for either scenario is summarized in <xref rid="t2" ref-type="table">Table 2</xref>. Absenteeism was not statistically different between age groups, job description, duration of employment, presence of dependants or sex.</p><table-wrap id="t2" xml:lang="en" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Table 2</label><caption><p>Percentage absentees in scenarios one and two</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><col align="left" span="1"></col><col align="left" span="1"></col><col align="left" span="1"></col><col align="left" span="1"></col><col align="left" span="1"></col><thead valign="bottom"><tr><th rowspan="2" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1"></th><th style="border-bottom:solid 1px #000000" colspan="2" align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1">Scenario one: one avian influenza admission</th><th style="border-bottom:solid 1px #000000" colspan="2" align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1">Scenario two: influenza pandemic</th></tr><tr style="border-bottom:solid 1px #000000"><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>N</italic></th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Percentage absentees
(95% CI)</th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>N</italic></th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Percentage absentees
(95% CI)</th></tr></thead><tbody valign="top"><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Total</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">551</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">13.1 (10.5–16.1)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">547</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">35.8 (31.9–39.9)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sex</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Male</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">155</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.0 (5.5–14.6)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">152</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28.3 (21.6–35.7)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Female</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">356</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">15.4 (12.1–19.6)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">354</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.5 (34.3–44.5)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Employment status</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Part‐time</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">62</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21.0 (12.7–32.6)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">61</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">47.5 (35.5–59.8)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Full‐time</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">484</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">12.2 (9.6–15.4)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">479</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">34.2 (30.1–38.6)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Medical level</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Intern</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">33</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.1 (3.1–23.6)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.7 (23.7–56.2)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Registrar</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">46</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6.5 (2.2–17.5)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">46</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">30.4 (19.1–44.8)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Consultant</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.1 (2.5–27.8)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">33.3 (17.2–54.6)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Dependants</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> No</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">313</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">12.1 (9.0–16.2)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">309</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">34.0 (28.9–39.4)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Yes</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">235</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">14.5 (10.5–19.5)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">233</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.2 (32.2–44.6)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pregnancy in family</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> No</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">536</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">11.9 (9.5–15.0)<xref rid="t2n2" ref-type="target">***</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">529</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">34.4 (30.5–38.6)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Yes</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">13</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">61.5 (35.5–82.3)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">14</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">92.9 (68.5–98.7)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Required in the ED for work</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> No</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">268</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">17.5 (13.5–22.5)<xref rid="t2n1" ref-type="target">*</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">267</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.2 (35.5–47.2)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Yes</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">279</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.0 (6.1–12.9)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">274</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">30.3 (25.2–36.0)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Working with acute medical patients</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> No</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">125</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">20.8 (14.6–28.7)<xref rid="t2n1" ref-type="target">*</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">122</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">48.4 (39.7–57.1)<xref rid="t2n1" ref-type="target">*</xref></td></tr><tr style="border-bottom:solid 1px #000000"><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Yes</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">422</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10.9 (8.3–14.2)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">420</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32.1 (27.9–36.8)</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="t2_note122"><p><target id="t2n1"></target>*P < <italic>0.05; </italic>**P < <italic>0.01; </italic><target id="t2n2"></target>***P < <italic>0.001, Pearson's χ<sup>2</sup>‐test comparing subgroups.</italic></p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><p>The logistical regression models for both scenarios indicated that the same four variables were significant predictors for absenteeism. These were: employment status, pregnancy in the family, being required in the ED for work and working with acute medical patients. On the basis of the Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness of fit test (χ<sup>2</sup>= 3.1, d.f. = 4, <italic>P</italic>= 0.54 for scenario one and χ<sup>2</sup>= 6.3, d.f. = 6, <italic>P</italic>= 0.39 for scenario two), both models fit the data well. The multivariate OR are reported in <xref rid="t3" ref-type="table">Table 3</xref>.</p><table-wrap id="t3" xml:lang="en" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Table 3</label><caption><p>Factors associated with likely attendance at work in scenarios one and two</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><col align="left" span="1"></col><col align="left" span="1"></col><col align="left" span="1"></col><thead valign="bottom"><tr><th rowspan="2" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1"></th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Scenario one: one avian influenza admission</th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Scenario two: influenza pandemic</th></tr><tr style="border-bottom:solid 1px #000000"><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1">OR (95% CI)</th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1">OR (95% CI)</th></tr></thead><tbody valign="top"><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Significant factors, multiple logistical regression model:<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n5">††</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Employment status</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Part‐time</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Full‐time</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.3<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n1">*</xref> (1.1–4.9)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.7<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n2">**</xref> (1.4–5.0)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Pregnancy in family</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> No</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Yes</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.1<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n3">***</xref> (0.03–0.3)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.04<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n3">***</xref> (0.01–0.3)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Required in the ED for work</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> No</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Yes</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.9<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n1">*</xref> (1.1–3.4)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.8<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n1">*</xref> (1.1–2.8)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Working with acute medical patients</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> No</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Yes</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.9<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n1">*</xref> (1.02–3.4)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n1">*</xref> (1.1–3.4)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Other factors of interest:<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n6">†††</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Sex</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Male</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Female</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.8 (0.4–1.6)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.7 (0.4–1.1)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Medical level</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Intern</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Registrar</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.4 (0.3–7.6)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.4 (0.6–3.8)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Consultant</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0 (0.2–6.5)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.3 (0.4–4.0)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Dependants</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> No</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.0<xref ref-type="fn" rid="t3n4">†</xref></td></tr><tr style="border-bottom:solid 1px #000000"><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Yes</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.9 (0.5–1.7)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.8 (0.5–1.3)</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="t3n1"><label>*</label><p>P < <italic>0.05; </italic></p></fn><fn id="t3n2"><label>**</label><p>P < <italic>0.01; </italic></p></fn><fn id="t3n3"><label>***</label><p>P < <italic>0.001. </italic></p></fn><fn id="t3n4"><label>†</label><p><italic>Reference group. </italic></p></fn><fn id="t3n5"><label>††</label><p><italic>Significant factors as predicted by forward logistical regression analysis. </italic></p></fn><fn id="t3n6"><label>†††</label><p><italic>Other factors, as predicted by logistical regression analysis. OR</italic> > <italic>1 represents group less likely to be absent (more likely to work). OR</italic> < <italic>1 represents group more likely to be absent (less likely to work). OR, odds ratio.</italic></p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><p>Staff who worked part‐time were more likely to be absent in both scenarios compared with full‐time workers (21% <italic>vs</italic> 12%, OR 2.3 [95% CI 1.1–4.9], <italic>P</italic> < 0.05 and 48% <italic>vs</italic> 34%, OR 2.7 [95% CI 1.4–5.0], <italic>P</italic> < 0.01 respectively). Staff with a pregnancy in the family were also significantly more likely to be absent in both scenarios compared with other staff (62% <italic>vs</italic> 12%, OR 0.09, <italic>P</italic> < 0.001 and 93% <italic>vs</italic> 34%, OR 0.04 [95% CI 0.01–0.3], <italic>P</italic> < 0.001 respectively).</p><p>Interestingly, in both scenarios, staff were significantly less likely to be absent if their normal job required them to be in an area where the potential for contact with influenza patients was high (i.e. the ED) (9% <italic>vs</italic> 18%; OR 1.9 [95% CI 1.1–3.4], <italic>P</italic> < 0.05 in scenario one and 30% <italic>vs</italic> 41%, OR 1.81 [95% CI 1.1–2.8], <italic>P</italic> < 0.05 in scenario two) or areas with acute medical patients (i.e. medical wards) (11% <italic>vs</italic> 21%; OR 1.9 [95% CI 1.02–3.4], <italic>P</italic> < 0.05 and 32% <italic>vs</italic> 48%, OR 2.0 [95% CI 1.1–3.4], <italic>P</italic> < 0.05, for scenarios one and two respectively).</p><p>Of medical staff, almost 8% in scenario one and 34% in scenario two would not attend for duty, independent of seniority. Job description had no significant effect on work absenteeism in both scenarios. Specifically, cleaning/porterage staff, pathology staff and nursing staff were all at least as likely to work as medical staff; however, this did not reach statistical significance. In both scenarios, 70–80% of staff declared that reasons for not working were primarily concerns for their own health, and concerns for their family's health.</p><p>For both scenarios, several possible incentives to work were offered and staff were asked to rate the importance of these on a visual analogue scale from 0 to 10. The most important were the provision of full preventative measures for staff, and provision of alternative accommodation for staff who would attend work, to reduce the risk of transmission to their families (<xref rid="t4" ref-type="table">Table 4</xref>).</p><table-wrap id="t4" xml:lang="en" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Table 4</label><caption><p>Importance of incentives to work<xref rid="t4n2" ref-type="target">†</xref></p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><col align="left" span="1"></col><col align="left" span="1"></col><col align="left" span="1"></col><thead valign="bottom"><tr><th rowspan="2" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1">Incentive</th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Scenario one</th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Scenario two</th></tr><tr style="border-bottom:solid 1px #000000"><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Mean (95% CI)</th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Mean (95% CI)</th></tr></thead><tbody valign="top"><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Financial</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.89 (5.60–6.18)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.80 (5.49–6.11)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Extra leave</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.38 (5.09–5.67)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.49 (5.18–5.80)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Preventative measures for self</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.08 (8.90–9.26)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.09 (8.91–9.27)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Preventative measures for family</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.00 (8.80–9.20)</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.03 (8.83–9.23)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Alternative accommodation</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.41 (7.16–7.66)<xref rid="t4n1" ref-type="target">***</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.81 (7.56–8.07)</td></tr><tr style="border-bottom:solid 1px #000000"><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Level of concern</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.50 (5.28–5.72)<xref rid="t4n1" ref-type="target">***</xref></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6.58 (6.35–6.82)</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="t4_note23"><p>*P < <italic>0.05; </italic>**P < <italic>0.01; </italic><target id="t4n1"></target>***P < <italic>0.001, paired </italic>t<italic>‐test comparing scenarios one and two. </italic><target id="t4n2"></target>†<italic>Scale based on a visual analogue scale (0–10), where 10 is most important.</italic></p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><p>Among the staff who would work, a substantial percentage (22% and 39% for each scenario respectively) indicated that they would require alternative accommodation. Most respondents (<italic>n</italic>= 414, 87%) overestimated the mortality rate, perceiving it to be more than 0.1%, with almost half (48%) grossly overestimating it to be 10% or more.</p></sec><sec id="ss9"><title>Discussion</title><p>Since 1997, over 268 human cases of H5N1 avian influenza have been documented worldwide (although none has been reported in Australia<xref rid="b23" ref-type="ref"><sup>23</sup></xref>), with mortality rates of around 60%.<xref rid="b24" ref-type="ref"><sup>24</sup></xref> Importantly, there have been no cases of human‐to‐human transmission to the general community or to health‐care staff.<xref rid="b25" ref-type="ref"><sup>25</sup></xref></p><p>Of more concern, however, is that the human and avian influenza A viruses might undergo the genetic changes of ‘antigenic drift’ into highly pathogenic forms,<xref rid="b25" ref-type="ref"><sup>25</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b26" ref-type="ref"><sup>26</sup></xref> triggering human influenza pandemics.<xref rid="b27" ref-type="ref"><sup>27</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b28" ref-type="ref"><sup>28</sup></xref> This might create high hospital workforce absenteeism as a part of enormous global morbidity, mortality and catastrophic social and economic disruption.<xref rid="b27" ref-type="ref"><sup>27</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b29" ref-type="ref"><sup>29</sup></xref></p><p>We found that the expected absentee rates among tertiary hospital staff would be high enough to disrupt the normal functioning capacity of the hospital. The estimate of up to 38% absenteeism for avian influenza virus is alarmingly high as the H5N1 virus has never been transmitted from patients to health‐care workers.<xref rid="b25" ref-type="ref"><sup>25</sup></xref> We felt that the disproportionate concern among staff most likely relates to avian influenza's considerable and often dramatic media profile.<xref rid="b1" ref-type="ref"><sup>1</sup></xref></p><p>For a pandemic influenza threat, the absentee rate of up to 53% is comparable to prior international findings for an equally threatening infectious and transmissible biological hazard.<xref rid="b11" ref-type="ref"><sup>11</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b12" ref-type="ref"><sup>12</sup></xref> This high predicted absentee rate is less surprising as 21% of SARS victims worldwide were health‐care staff. However, transmission of the SARS virus was found to be most likely because of lack of basic preventative measures.<xref rid="b30" ref-type="ref"><sup>30</sup></xref> We felt that respondents in our survey did not fully appreciate the effectiveness of basic preventative measures. During the SARS epidemic, hospital staff in Toronto and Singapore needed specific education to develop a positive view on the effectiveness of basic protective measures in preventing further transmission of the SARS virus.<xref rid="b3" ref-type="ref"><sup>3</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b30" ref-type="ref"><sup>30</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b31" ref-type="ref"><sup>31</sup></xref></p><p>Previous research has shown that in the face of perceived risks to personal health, willingness to attend work was higher in medical and nursing staff than in support staff.<xref rid="b5" ref-type="ref"><sup>5</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b12" ref-type="ref"><sup>12</sup></xref> Our study did not find such a difference, but along similar lines, we found that staff working in areas likely to be directly responsible for the care of influenza patients (i.e. emergency and acute medical wards) were more likely to report for duty, despite the higher risk of exposure to the virus. This finding was the same for both clinical and non‐clinical support staff. This is consistent with research demonstrating that staff are more willing to attend work if they perceive their role to be central and important in the response to a public health threat.<xref rid="b5" ref-type="ref"><sup>5</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b12" ref-type="ref"><sup>12</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b13" ref-type="ref"><sup>13</sup></xref> Along similar lines, full‐time employees were less likely to be absent, which might reflect either greater job commitment or job dependency compared with part‐time workers.</p><p>The corollary of the above finding is that other hospital services not directly related to treatment of influenza patients might deteriorate, compounding the surge‐capacity situation and hospital crisis.<xref rid="b32" ref-type="ref"><sup>32</sup></xref> Particular attention should therefore be focused on minimizing absenteeism of staff in these departments (e.g. pathology, pharmacy, allied health and non‐acute medical and surgical wards). Hospitals will have to alter their casemix at the height of an influenza pandemic and restrict outpatient services and elective surgery.</p><p>Surprisingly, neither duration of employment nor seniority of medical staff had any significant effect on willingness to work. As expected, there was a very strong unwillingness to attend work if there was a pregnancy in the family; however, the impact of this would be minimal, as less than 3% of our respondents had a pregnancy in the family (<italic>n</italic>= 14).</p><p>The work incentives perceived to be important (protective measures for themselves and their families) were in keeping with other literature.<xref rid="b5" ref-type="ref"><sup>5</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b11" ref-type="ref"><sup>11</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b12" ref-type="ref"><sup>12</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b13" ref-type="ref"><sup>13</sup></xref> Provision of alternative accommodation for staff who chose to work during the influenza threat also scored highly. During the SARS threat, multiple reports demonstrated that these supportive measures were important, and thus maximized work attendance.<xref rid="b3" ref-type="ref"><sup>3</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b4" ref-type="ref"><sup>4</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b7" ref-type="ref"><sup>7</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b8" ref-type="ref"><sup>8</sup></xref> Implementing such support measures in the event of an influenza pandemic is in accordance with recent Australian recommendations in pandemic planning.<xref rid="b32" ref-type="ref"><sup>32</sup></xref></p><p>Of particular interest was that a high proportion (87%) of staff overestimated the mortality rate of the recent ‘Hong Kong’ and ‘Asian’ influenza pandemics. This overestimation of mortality rate, together with the expected high absentee rates for both scenarios, strongly suggests that the perceived risk (rather than actual risk) is an important determinant of work attendance. This is supported by an increased psychological morbidity and an unwillingness to work in staff who overestimated their actual risk during the 2003 Hong Kong SARS epidemic.<xref rid="b9" ref-type="ref"><sup>9</sup></xref></p><p>The present study has a number of limitations. We cannot exclude that a form of selection bias has taken place. However, the high return rate (98%) was from a good representation of the actual hospital staff. We perceived that the high return rate and survey completeness were attributable to the personal distribution of the survey by the researchers and by asking staff to complete and return it within the allocated time of the information session.</p><p>A second limiting factor of the present study was the potential for bias caused by socially acceptable answering, resulting in possible underestimated absentee rates. If either scenario actually occurred, staff might not act in accordance with their response depending on influences, such as media, personal contacts and unexpected personal circumstances. It is also possible that lack of availability of leave or financial pressures might force staff to reconsider their decision to not work. On the other hand, should a pandemic occur, the absentee rate might be even higher because of staff's having to care for sick family members, transport difficulties, quarantine measures and childcare commitments following school closure.<xref rid="b5" ref-type="ref"><sup>5</sup></xref>, <xref rid="b31" ref-type="ref"><sup>31</sup></xref> These limitations should be considered when using the findings of the present study in development of pandemic planning in other health‐care settings.</p></sec><sec id="ss10"><title>Conclusion</title><p>An influenza pandemic has the potential to cause high hospital staff absenteeism and consequently disrupt hospital medical services at a time when they are needed most. We recommend thorough compulsory staff education on the effectiveness of basic infection control procedures and PPE in preventing transmission of the influenza virus, as well as accurate education on the actual risk posed by the influenza virus or other respiratory pathogens. This would potentially minimize staff absenteeism and thereby limit disruption to hospital services in the event of an Australian influenza pandemic threat.</p></sec></body><back><ack id="ss11"><title>Acknowledgements</title><p>The authors would like to acknowledge Debbie Lynch for assistance with data entry and professor Chris del Mar for his critical review of the original manuscript.</p><sec id="ss12"><title>Author contributions</title><p>FM, SG and JL conceived the study, and FM and JL submitted the ethics application. GK performed the statistical analyses. FM and GK created the survey and all authors were involved with the data collection. FM was the principal author. 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