Table 5.
Questions | ORs | 95 % CI | |
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Variables | |||
1. Taiwan will be affected by the outbreaks of influenza in China | Believe Taiwan residents will become infected with AIVs | 25.51 | 4.24–153.66 |
Age | 0.85 | 0.78–0.93 | |
2. Taiwan residents will become infected with avian influenza (AI) | Believe influenza outbreaks in China will affect Taiwan | 6.83 | 2.10–22.26 |
Will take preventive measures against AI | 3.88 | 1.16–12.98 | |
3. Knowing new “Ten No’s, Five Needs” policya | Aware of the critical condition of the child in Hong Kong infected with H5N1 | 4.24 | 2.09–8.59 |
4. Willing to take self-protection measures against avian influenza viral infection | Aware of critical condition of the child in Hong Kong infected with H5N1 | 5.85 | 1.45–23.56 |
Believe people in Taiwan will be infected with AIVs | 4.09 | 1.15–14.62 | |
Know AI may cause serious diseases and death | 6.62 | 1.54–28.55 | |
5. Willing to receive avian influenza vaccination | Believe seasonal flu vaccines can reduce chance of getting human flu or AI | 5.51 | 1.97–15.42 |
Believe seasonal flu vaccines can reduce chance of getting human flu and AI | 7.65 | 2.61–22.43 | |
6. Know AI may cause serious illness and even death | Know the “Ten No’s, Five Needs” policy | 4.10 | 1.19–14.12 |
Community Residentsb | 3.64 | 1.03–12.86 | |
Will take preventive measures against AI | 4.38 | 1.08–17.76 |
We used logistic regression for the statistical analyses in this Table 5
Age continuous variable, AIV Avian influenza viruses
CI Confidence Interva
aTen No’s, Five Needs policy in Appendix 2
bLive-poultry market workers as the control group