Volume 16, Number 8—August 2010
Research
Responses to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Australia
Keith Eastwood
, David N. Durrheim, Michelle Butler, and Alison Jones
, David N. Durrheim, Michelle Butler, and Alison JonesTable 1
Adults’ reported willingness to comply with public health authority requests with regard to influenza pandemic, Australia*
| Public health request | % (no.) willing to comply† |
OR (95% CI) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007, n = 1,166 | 2009, n = 830 | |||
| Home quarantine for 1 wk if exposed | 97.5 (1,137) | 96.0 (797) | 1.62 (0.95–2.80) | 0.059 |
| Local quarantine of an affected area | 95.2 (1,103)‡ | 94.6 (785) | 1.13 (0.74–1.72) | 0.555 |
| Avoid public events for 1 mo | 98.3 (1,146) | 82.8 (687) | 11.93 (7.35–20.28) | <0.001 |
| Avoid social gatherings for 1 mo | 97.2 (1,133) | 62.7 (520) | 20.47 (14.01–30.67) | <0.001 |
| Wear a surgical mask in public | 95.1 (1,109) | 72.4 (601) | 7.41 (5.42–10.25) | <0.001 |
*OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
†2007 responses were to hypothetical pandemic; 2009 responses were to actual pandemic (H1N1) 2009.
‡Because responses were not collected from 7 respondents, n = 1,159.
