Table 4.

Proportion of respondents who intended to continue outpatient visit after they read information about the SARS infection control in the unit by variables (χ² test)

		Proportion of respondents who intended to continue outpatient visit among analyzable subjects after they read the information (n = 821)			Proportion of respondents who changed their perception to continue to visit after reading the information about the unit among those who initially intended to suspend visit (n = 364)
		n	%	P value	n	%	P value
Gender	Men	386	75.9	0.002	149	40.9	0.322
	Women	435	66.2		215	35.8
Age	<40	191	59.7	<0.001	113	37.2	0.875
	40–59	240	70.0		111	36.0
	60–69	206	75.2		76	38.2
	70+	184	78.3		64	42.2
History of respondents’ outpatient service use at the hospital	Have used before	757	72.3	0.001	322	38.8	0.323
	Visit first time	64	53.1		42	31.0
Perceived knowledge about the likelihood of indirect SARS transmission	Probable	335	67.2	0.064	169	36.7	0.902
	Not probable	313	75.4		116	38.8
	Do not know	173	69.4		79	39.2
Perceived knowledge about the likelihood of direct SARS transmission	Probable	701	69.3	0.086	327	37.9	0.999
	Not probable	52	80.8		16	37.5
	Do not know	68	77.9		21	38.1
Perceived severity: perceived fear of death due to SARS infection	Scared	753	69.7	0.028	346	37.9	0.930
	Not scared	68	82.4		18	38.9
Respondents’ knowledge about the presence of the infection unit	Have known	375	67.2	0.039	200	41.5	0.119
	Have not known	446	73.8		164	33.5
Perceived efficacy: impact of the information on relief, against fear of SARS infection	No change	165	50.9	<0.001	90	12.2	<0.001
	Scared	8	25.0		7	14.3
	Relieved	648	76.4		267	47.2
Perceived susceptibility: perceived fear of SARS infection in the hospital	Scared	540	60.0	<0.001	295	30.5	<0.001
	Not scared	281	91.5		69	69.6