Table 5 Attitude of primary doctors to reporting of communicable disease in Taiwan, 2006
Questions | Total subjects (n = 1093) | Among subjects with diagnosis experiences of reportable diseases (n = 406) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Numbers (%) of the agreed | Numbers (%) of the agreed among subjects who did report (n = 340) | Numbers (%) of the agreed among subjects who did not report (n = 66) | p value* |
a. If you know the disease is reportable and there is a easy and convenient method to report, you are willing to report | 1088 (99.5) | 339 (99.5) | 66 (100.0) | 0.66 |
b. Reporting communicable diseases is one of the public health responsibilities of a doctor | 1084 (99.2) | 337 (99.1) | 66 (100.0) | 0.44 |
c. It would be helpful to the safety of your practice if communicable disease reporting could be comprehensively completed by every doctor. | 1065 (97.4) | 332 (97.6) | 63 (95.5) | 0.32 |
d. Reporting communicable diseases has been an important emphasis in your previous medical training | 989 (90.5) | 318 (93.5) | 54 (81.8) | 0.00 |
e. A patient is less likely to be reported if his or her diagnosis is difficulty to be confirmed. | 946 (86.6) | 282 (82.9) | 63 (95.5) | 0.01 |
f. Failing to report suspected cases is against the law. | 903 (82.6) | 281 (82.6) | 48 (72.7) | 0.06 |
g. If you are too busy to report, you would ask the nurse in the clinic to assist you in reporting. | 895 (81.9) | 292 (85.9) | 44 (66.7) | 0.00 |
h. A good reward system will increase your willingness to report | 870 (79.6) | 261 (76.8) | 59 (89.4) | 0.02 |
i. Most local medical doctors respect the importance of reporting communicable diseases | 833 (76.2) | 257 (75.6) | 36 (54.5) | 0.00 |
j. You are less likely to report if the disease is less severe | 659 (60.3) | 184 (54.1) | 53 (80.3) | 0.00 |
k. Penalty for not reporting will increase your willingness to report | 618 (56.5) | 186 (54.7) | 47 (71.2) | 0.01 |
l. Reporting communicable diseases without the consent of patients will violate their privacy | 436 (39.9) | 151 (44.4) | 40 (60.6) | 0.02 |
m. You are usually too busy to report communicable diseases. | 253 (23.1) | 77 (22.6)a | 28 (42.4) | 0.00 |
n. Reporting communicable diseases is time consuming and should not be done by hasty doctors | 245 (22.4) | 71 (20.9) | 28 (42.4) | 0.00 |