Impact of SARS on Avian Influenza Preparedness in Healthcare Workers
Identifieur interne : 001A70 ( Ncbi/Checkpoint ); précédent : 001A69; suivant : 001A71Impact of SARS on Avian Influenza Preparedness in Healthcare Workers
Auteurs : D. K. P. Tam [République populaire de Chine] ; S. Lee [République populaire de Chine] ; S. S. Lee [République populaire de Chine]Source :
- Infection [ 0300-8126 ] ; 2007.
Abstract
SARS was an unprecedented outbreak which brought about 1,755 infections and 302 deaths in Hong Kong. The similarity of SARS and avian influenza prompted us to examine the relationship between SARS experience and preparedness on a potential avian influenza outbreak.
A self-administered questionnaire was delivered to nurses in Hong Kong to assess their attitude towards avian influenza; risk perception, and their relationships with previous level of exposure to SARS patients.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine respondents were included in data analysis. About half of them perceived there would be an avian influenza outbreak in Hong Kong. The majority accepted a personal risk of infection in the course of their work (72.7%), and prepared to take care of patients infected with avian influenza (84.0%). Respondents were classified into two groups: high exposure (44.1%) and low exposure (55.9%) as defined by having worked in SARS ward or hospitals. High exposure nurses were less likely to avoid patients, less inclined to change their job if they were required to take care of infected patients, and had therefore a more positive attitude towards an impending avian influenza epidemic. About half of the nurses had frequent involuntary recalls of incidents relating to SARS, the frequency of which was positively correlated with knowing a person suffering from long-term complications of SARS.
Healthcare workers who had been actively involved in SARS work were more “positive” in responding to the impending avian influenza epidemic. Whether the level of preparedness can be sustained would need to be further explored.
Url:
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6353-z
PubMed: 17882357
PubMed Central: 7100841
Affiliations:
Links toward previous steps (curation, corpus...)
- to stream Pmc, to step Corpus: 000393
- to stream Pmc, to step Curation: 000393
- to stream Pmc, to step Checkpoint: 000F48
- to stream Ncbi, to step Merge: 001A70
- to stream Ncbi, to step Curation: 001A70
Links to Exploration step
PMC:7100841Le document en format XML
<record><TEI><teiHeader><fileDesc><titleStmt><title xml:lang="en">Impact of SARS on Avian Influenza Preparedness in Healthcare Workers</title>
<author><name sortKey="Tam, D K P" sort="Tam, D K P" uniqKey="Tam D" first="D. K. P." last="Tam">D. K. P. Tam</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="Aff1"><institution-wrap><institution-id institution-id-type="GRID">grid.10784.3a</institution-id>
<institution-id institution-id-type="ISNI">0000000419370482</institution-id>
<institution>Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases,</institution>
<institution>The Chinese University of Hong Kong,</institution>
</institution-wrap>
Hong Kong, China</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">République populaire de Chine</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Hong Kong</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Lee, S" sort="Lee, S" uniqKey="Lee S" first="S." last="Lee">S. Lee</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="Aff2"><institution-wrap><institution-id institution-id-type="GRID">grid.10784.3a</institution-id>
<institution-id institution-id-type="ISNI">0000000419370482</institution-id>
<institution>Dept. of Psychiatry,</institution>
<institution>The Chinese University of Hong Kong,</institution>
</institution-wrap>
Hong Kong, China</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">République populaire de Chine</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Hong Kong</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Lee, S S" sort="Lee, S S" uniqKey="Lee S" first="S. S." last="Lee">S. S. Lee</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="Aff1"><institution-wrap><institution-id institution-id-type="GRID">grid.10784.3a</institution-id>
<institution-id institution-id-type="ISNI">0000000419370482</institution-id>
<institution>Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases,</institution>
<institution>The Chinese University of Hong Kong,</institution>
</institution-wrap>
Hong Kong, China</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">République populaire de Chine</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Hong Kong</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="Aff3"><institution-wrap><institution-id institution-id-type="GRID">grid.10784.3a</institution-id>
<institution-id institution-id-type="ISNI">0000000419370482</institution-id>
<institution>Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2/F School of Public Health,</institution>
<institution>The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital,</institution>
</institution-wrap>
Shatin, Hong Kong, China</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">République populaire de Chine</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Shatin, Hong Kong</wicri:regionArea>
<wicri:noRegion>Hong Kong</wicri:noRegion>
</affiliation>
</author>
</titleStmt>
<publicationStmt><idno type="wicri:source">PMC</idno>
<idno type="pmid">17882357</idno>
<idno type="pmc">7100841</idno>
<idno type="url">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7100841</idno>
<idno type="RBID">PMC:7100841</idno>
<idno type="doi">10.1007/s15010-007-6353-z</idno>
<date when="2007">2007</date>
<idno type="wicri:Area/Pmc/Corpus">000393</idno>
<idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Pmc" wicri:step="Corpus" wicri:corpus="PMC">000393</idno>
<idno type="wicri:Area/Pmc/Curation">000393</idno>
<idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Pmc" wicri:step="Curation">000393</idno>
<idno type="wicri:Area/Pmc/Checkpoint">000F48</idno>
<idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Pmc" wicri:step="Checkpoint">000F48</idno>
<idno type="wicri:Area/Ncbi/Merge">001A70</idno>
<idno type="wicri:Area/Ncbi/Curation">001A70</idno>
<idno type="wicri:Area/Ncbi/Checkpoint">001A70</idno>
</publicationStmt>
<sourceDesc><biblStruct><analytic><title xml:lang="en" level="a" type="main">Impact of SARS on Avian Influenza Preparedness in Healthcare Workers</title>
<author><name sortKey="Tam, D K P" sort="Tam, D K P" uniqKey="Tam D" first="D. K. P." last="Tam">D. K. P. Tam</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="Aff1"><institution-wrap><institution-id institution-id-type="GRID">grid.10784.3a</institution-id>
<institution-id institution-id-type="ISNI">0000000419370482</institution-id>
<institution>Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases,</institution>
<institution>The Chinese University of Hong Kong,</institution>
</institution-wrap>
Hong Kong, China</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">République populaire de Chine</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Hong Kong</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Lee, S" sort="Lee, S" uniqKey="Lee S" first="S." last="Lee">S. Lee</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="Aff2"><institution-wrap><institution-id institution-id-type="GRID">grid.10784.3a</institution-id>
<institution-id institution-id-type="ISNI">0000000419370482</institution-id>
<institution>Dept. of Psychiatry,</institution>
<institution>The Chinese University of Hong Kong,</institution>
</institution-wrap>
Hong Kong, China</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">République populaire de Chine</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Hong Kong</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Lee, S S" sort="Lee, S S" uniqKey="Lee S" first="S. S." last="Lee">S. S. Lee</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="Aff1"><institution-wrap><institution-id institution-id-type="GRID">grid.10784.3a</institution-id>
<institution-id institution-id-type="ISNI">0000000419370482</institution-id>
<institution>Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases,</institution>
<institution>The Chinese University of Hong Kong,</institution>
</institution-wrap>
Hong Kong, China</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">République populaire de Chine</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Hong Kong</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="Aff3"><institution-wrap><institution-id institution-id-type="GRID">grid.10784.3a</institution-id>
<institution-id institution-id-type="ISNI">0000000419370482</institution-id>
<institution>Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2/F School of Public Health,</institution>
<institution>The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital,</institution>
</institution-wrap>
Shatin, Hong Kong, China</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">République populaire de Chine</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Shatin, Hong Kong</wicri:regionArea>
<wicri:noRegion>Hong Kong</wicri:noRegion>
</affiliation>
</author>
</analytic>
<series><title level="j">Infection</title>
<idno type="ISSN">0300-8126</idno>
<idno type="eISSN">1439-0973</idno>
<imprint><date when="2007">2007</date>
</imprint>
</series>
</biblStruct>
</sourceDesc>
</fileDesc>
<profileDesc><textClass></textClass>
</profileDesc>
</teiHeader>
<front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><sec><title><bold>Background:</bold>
</title>
<p>SARS was an unprecedented outbreak which brought about 1,755 infections and 302 deaths in Hong Kong. The similarity of SARS and avian influenza prompted us to examine the relationship between SARS experience and preparedness on a potential avian influenza outbreak.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title><bold>Methods:</bold>
</title>
<p>A self-administered questionnaire was delivered to nurses in Hong Kong to assess their attitude towards avian influenza; risk perception, and their relationships with previous level of exposure to SARS patients.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title><bold>Results:</bold>
</title>
<p>Nine hundred and ninety-nine respondents were included in data analysis. About half of them perceived there would be an avian influenza outbreak in Hong Kong. The majority accepted a personal risk of infection in the course of their work (72.7%), and prepared to take care of patients infected with avian influenza (84.0%). Respondents were classified into two groups: high exposure (44.1%) and low exposure (55.9%) as defined by having worked in SARS ward or hospitals. High exposure nurses were less likely to avoid patients, less inclined to change their job if they were required to take care of infected patients, and had therefore a more positive attitude towards an impending avian influenza epidemic. About half of the nurses had frequent involuntary recalls of incidents relating to SARS, the frequency of which was positively correlated with knowing a person suffering from long-term complications of SARS.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title><bold>Conclusion:</bold>
</title>
<p>Healthcare workers who had been actively involved in SARS work were more “positive” in responding to the impending avian influenza epidemic. Whether the level of preparedness can be sustained would need to be further explored.</p>
</sec>
</div>
</front>
</TEI>
<affiliations><list><country><li>République populaire de Chine</li>
</country>
</list>
<tree><country name="République populaire de Chine"><noRegion><name sortKey="Tam, D K P" sort="Tam, D K P" uniqKey="Tam D" first="D. K. P." last="Tam">D. K. P. Tam</name>
</noRegion>
<name sortKey="Lee, S" sort="Lee, S" uniqKey="Lee S" first="S." last="Lee">S. Lee</name>
<name sortKey="Lee, S S" sort="Lee, S S" uniqKey="Lee S" first="S. S." last="Lee">S. S. Lee</name>
<name sortKey="Lee, S S" sort="Lee, S S" uniqKey="Lee S" first="S. S." last="Lee">S. S. Lee</name>
</country>
</tree>
</affiliations>
</record>
Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)
EXPLOR_STEP=$WICRI_ROOT/Sante/explor/SrasV1/Data/Ncbi/Checkpoint
HfdSelect -h $EXPLOR_STEP/biblio.hfd -nk 001A70 | SxmlIndent | more
Ou
HfdSelect -h $EXPLOR_AREA/Data/Ncbi/Checkpoint/biblio.hfd -nk 001A70 | SxmlIndent | more
Pour mettre un lien sur cette page dans le réseau Wicri
{{Explor lien |wiki= Sante |area= SrasV1 |flux= Ncbi |étape= Checkpoint |type= RBID |clé= PMC:7100841 |texte= Impact of SARS on Avian Influenza Preparedness in Healthcare Workers }}
Pour générer des pages wiki
HfdIndexSelect -h $EXPLOR_AREA/Data/Ncbi/Checkpoint/RBID.i -Sk "pubmed:17882357" \ | HfdSelect -Kh $EXPLOR_AREA/Data/Ncbi/Checkpoint/biblio.hfd \ | NlmPubMed2Wicri -a SrasV1
This area was generated with Dilib version V0.6.33. |