Titre :
|
How did general practitioners protect themselves, their family, and staff during the SARS epidemic in Hong Kong ? (2004)
|
Auteurs :
|
W.C.W. WONG ;
A. LEE ;
K.K. TSANG ;
S.Y.S. WONG ;
Prince of Wales Hospital. The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Department of Community and Family Medicine. Shatin. HKG ;
Prince of Wales Hospital. The Chinese University of Hong Kong. School of Public Health. Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion. Shatin. HKG
|
Type de document :
|
Article
|
Dans :
|
Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 58, n° 3, 2004)
|
Pagination :
|
180-185
|
Langues:
|
Anglais
|
Mots-clés :
|
Médecin généraliste
;
Protection
;
Prévention santé
;
Profession santé
;
Epidémie
;
Hongkong
;
Chine
;
Asie
;
Homme
;
Appareil respiratoire [pathologie]
;
Virose
;
Infection
|
Résumé :
|
[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xL6LLw. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Context : Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a newly emerging infectious disease and how the front-line community doctors respond to it is not known. Objectives : To explore the impact of SARS on general practitioners (GPs) in Hong Kong. Design : A cross sectional survey. Setting : Community based primary care clinics. Participants : 183 family medicine tutors affiliated with a local university. Postal survey sent to all tutors with a 74.8% response rate. Main outcome measures : Change of clinical behaviour and practices during the epidemic ; anxiety level of primary care doctors. Results : All agreed SARS had changed their clinical practices. Significant anxiety was found in family doctors. Three quarters of respondents recalled requesting more investigations while a quarter believed they had over-prescribed antibiotics. GPs who were exposed to SARS or who had worked in high infection districts were less likely to quarantine themselves (10.8% versus 33.3% ; p
|