Picot N, Receveur M C, Goujon C, Armengaud M
Hôpital Purpan, Service Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Toulouse, France.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1993;86(5 Pt 2):418-20.
This study is based upon 727 questionnaires completed by French travellers 10 days after intercontinental travel. The response rate was 40%. Two out of 5 travellers had generally mild health problems: fever (12%), diarrhoea (36%). Forty-six of them took drugs, which they had brought with them during their travel. Ten per cent had a satisfactory visit to a local physician. Medical informations given before departure appears to be sufficient, useful and relevant in more than 90% of cases. The traveller would like to receive them from his own physician or from vaccination centers. Other informations as insurance, assistance, administration, finances, appeared to have been incorrectly perceived by 20% of the travellers. The travel agent is the one who should provide adequate information. The traveller, in general, plans to do more travelling for his own well being if not for his work. Would not the bigger risk for him be "not to travel at all".
本研究基于727份法国旅行者在洲际旅行10天后填写的问卷。回复率为40%。五分之二的旅行者通常有轻微健康问题：发烧（12%）、腹泻（36%）。其中46人服用了旅行期间随身携带的药物。10%的人对当地医生的诊疗感到满意。出发前提供的医疗信息在90%以上的情况下似乎是充分、有用且相关的。旅行者希望从自己的医生或疫苗接种中心获得这些信息。其他信息，如保险、援助、行政、财务等，20%的旅行者似乎理解有误。旅行社应该提供充分的信息。一般来说，旅行者如果不是为了工作，而是为了自身健康，计划进行更多旅行。对他来说，更大的风险难道不是“根本不旅行”吗？
