Cava Maureen A, Fay Krissa E, Beanlands Heather J, McCay Elizabeth A, Wignall Rouleen
Professional Practice Planning & Policy, Toronto Public Health, City of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Public Health Nurs. 2005 Sep-Oct;22(5):398-406. doi: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.220504.x.
The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of home quarantine during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Toronto in 2003.
Qualitative descriptive design.
Stratified random sampling techniques were used to generate a list of potential participants, who varied in terms of gender and closeness of exposure to someone with suspected SARS (contact level). Twenty-one individuals participated in the study.
All interviews were audiotaped and followed a semistructured interview guide. Participants were invited to describe their experience of quarantine in detail including their advice for Public Health.
The experience followed a trajectory of stages beginning before quarantine and ending after quarantine. Despite individual differences, common themes of uncertainty, isolation, and coping intersected the data.
Public Health has a dual role of monitoring compliance and providing support to people in quarantine. This study has implications for public health policy and practice in planning for future public health emergencies in terms of the information and the resources required to mount an effective response.
本研究旨在探索2003年多伦多严重急性呼吸综合征（SARS）疫情期间家庭隔离的经历。
定性描述性设计。
采用分层随机抽样技术生成潜在参与者名单，这些参与者在性别以及与疑似SARS患者的接触程度（接触级别）方面存在差异。21人参与了本研究。
所有访谈均进行录音，并遵循半结构化访谈指南。邀请参与者详细描述他们的隔离经历，包括他们对公共卫生的建议。
该经历遵循一个从隔离前开始到隔离后结束的阶段轨迹。尽管存在个体差异，但不确定性、隔离和应对等共同主题贯穿于数据之中。
公共卫生在监测合规情况和为隔离人员提供支持方面具有双重作用。本研究对于公共卫生政策和实践在规划未来公共卫生紧急情况时所需的信息和资源方面具有启示意义，以便能够做出有效的应对。
