Table 3.
Knowledge about the items of reportable communicable diseases among primary doctors in Taiwan (N = 1093)
| Selected communicable diseases | Total subjects (n = 1093) | Subjects with diagnosis experiences of reportable diseases (n = 406) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers (%) of correct answers | Numbers (%) of correct answers among subjects who did report (n = 340) | Numbers (%) of correct answers among subjects who did not report (n = 66) | p value* | |
| SARS | 1077(98.5) | 335 (98.5) | 66 (100.0) | 0.32 |
| Herpes (Not a reportable disease) | 1023 (93.6) | 311 (91.5) | 61 (92.4) | 0.80 |
| Uncomplicated cases of influenza (Not a reportable disease) | 988 (90.4) | 309 (90.9) | 57 (86.4) | 0.26 |
| Severe case of enterovirus infection | 975 (89.2) | 314 (92.4) | 61 (92.4) | 0.98 |
| Anthrax | 888 (81.2) | 291 (85.6) | 57 (86.4) | 0.87 |
| Scarlet fever | 811(74.2) | 271 (79.7) | 57 (86.4) | 0.21 |
| Rubella | 438 (40.1) | 164 (48.2) | 30 (45.5) | 0.68 |
| Measles | 434 (39.7) | 164 (48.2) | 32 (48.5) | 0.97 |
| Tetanus | 324 (29.6) | 120 (35.3) | 26 (39.4) | 0.53 |
| Chickenpox | 308 (28.2) | 121 (35.6) | 15 (22.7) | 0.04 |
*x2 test between reporting doctors and non-reporting doctors.