Volume 11, Number 3—March 2005
Research
SARS Risk Perceptions in Healthcare Workers, Japan
Teppei Imai*, Ken Takahashi*
, Tsutomu Hoshuyama*, Naoki Hasegawa†, Meng-Kin Lim‡, and David Koh‡
, Tsutomu Hoshuyama*, Naoki Hasegawa†, Meng-Kin Lim‡, and David Koh‡
Table 4
Factors associated with concept of institutional measures (effectiveness) and perception of risk (selected factors) by job category
| Variable* | OR (95% CI)† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physician (N = 1,370) | Nurse (N = 3,274) | Other (N = 2,638) | Total (N = 7,282) | |
| Effectiveness | ||||
| I-score (0,1,2,3) | 1.87 (1.65–2.13) | 1.83 (1.69–1.98) | 2.02 (1.84–2.22) | 1.90 (1.80–2.01) |
| Age (>35 year) | 1.23 (0.93–1.62) | 1.19 (0.99–1.41) | 1.42 (1.15–1.74) | 1.25 (1.11–1.41) |
| K-score (low, middle, high) | 0.89 (0.72–1.10) | 1.01 (0.88–1.17) | 0.96 (0.82–1.11) | 0.97 (0.88–1.06) |
| Type of facility (university) | 0.82 (0.59–1.15) | 0.71 (0.60–0.84) | 0.75 (0.60–0.92) | 0.74 (0.65–0.83) |
| Sex (women) | 0.79 (0.53–1.18) | 0.63 (0.38–1.06) | 0.97 (0.79–1.18) | 1.00 (0.88–1.14) |
| Fear (+) | 0.61 (0.46–0.80) | 0.90 (0.76–1.06) | 0.58 (0.47–0.70) | 0.72 (0.64–0.81) |
| Avoidance of patient | ||||
| Fear (+) | 1.91 (1.33–2.76) | 2.56 (1.89–3.48) | 2.32 (1.66–3.24) | 2.31 (1.91–2.80) |
| K-score (low, middle, high) | 1.42 (1.10–1.84) | 1.01 (0.78–1.30) | 1.23 (0.98–1.56) | 1.19 (1.03–1.37) |
| Sex (women) | 1.27 (0.76–2.13) | 1.95 (0.91–4.21) | 2.05 (1.50–2.82) | 1.93 (1.59–2.33) |
| Age (>35 year) | 1.00 (0.70–1.42) | 0.58 (0.42–0.79) | 0.84 (0.60–1.17) | 0.81 (0.67–0.97) |
| Type of facility (university) | 0.91 (0.57–1.43) | 0.83 (0.59–1.16) | 0.75 (0.52–1.08) | 0.82 (0.66–1.01) |
| I-score (0,1,2,3) | 0.80 (0.68–0.94) | 0.87 (0.75–0.99) | 0.80 (0.69–0.93) | 0.81 (0.75–0.88) |
| Acceptance of risk | ||||
| I-score (0,1,2,3) | 1.26 (1.11–1.42) | 1.08 (1.01–1.16) | 1.24 (1.14–1.35) | 1.18 (1.12–1.24) |
| Age (>35 year) | 1.05 (0.81–1.36) | 1.27 (1.06–1.51) | 1.11 (0.93–1.33) | 1.10 (0.99–1.22) |
| Fear (+) | 1.01 (0.78–1.30) | 1.14 (0.97–1.33) | 1.44 (1.21–1.71) | 1.21 (1.09–1.34) |
| Sex (women) | 1.01 (0.71–1.43) | 0.65 (0.38–1.12) | 0.85 (0.71–1.02) | 0.82 (0.73–0.92) |
| K-score (low, middle, high) | 0.90 (0.74–1.10) | 1.05 (0.92–1.20) | 1.04 (0.91–1.18) | 1.03 (0.95–1.12) |
| Type of facility (university) | 0.81 (0.58–1.14) | 0.98 (0.83–1.15) | 1.20 (0.99–1.45) | 1.04 (0.93–1.17) |
*Goodness-of-fit was satisfactory: ranged from [goodness-of-fit statistics = 0.49 with 8 df (p = 0.99)] for (effectiveness) x (physician) to [goodness-of-fit statistics = 12.71 with 8 df (p = 0.12)] for (nurse) x (avoidance), except for [goodness-of-fit statistics = 18.98 with 8 df (p = 0.02)] for (nurse) x (effectiveness) and [goodness-of-fit statistics = 18.38 with 8 df (p = 0.02)] for (others) x (effectiveness).
†OR, odds ratio calculated by logistic regression; CI, confidence interval.
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