Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 644, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
Int J Public Health. 2010 Apr;55(2):139-43. doi: 10.1007/s00038-009-0099-6. Epub 2009 Dec 4.
To gauge Singapore physicians' perceptions of the national response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak using a questionnaire survey.
Random sampling was applied to draw the survey population. Descriptive analysis and logistic regressions were used.
The majority of physicians agreed that home quarantine of contacts of patients with probable SARS was warranted (95%), government's public education effort was effective (83%), and the overall Singapore's response was commendable (82%). Only 38%, however, agreed that health care workers were supplied with timely and adequate personal protective equipment.
Most Singapore physicians have positive comments about the national response to the SARS crisis. However, systematic weaknesses are identified and recommendations are presented.
通过问卷调查了解新加坡医生对严重急性呼吸综合征（SARS）疫情国家应对措施的看法。
采用随机抽样方法抽取调查对象。采用描述性分析和逻辑回归进行分析。
大多数医生认为有必要对疑似 SARS 患者的接触者进行家庭隔离（95%）、政府的公众教育工作是有效的（83%）、新加坡整体应对措施是值得称赞的（82%）。然而，只有 38%的人认为医护人员得到了及时和充分的个人防护设备供应。
大多数新加坡医生对国家应对 SARS 危机的措施持肯定态度。但是，也发现了系统性的弱点，并提出了建议。
