Knowledge and beliefs about SARS
| Proportion of respondents (%) | |
|---|---|
| Knowledge | |
| Routes of transmission | |
| Droplet nuclei | |
| Agree | 79.5 |
| Disagree | 2.9 |
| Don’t know | 17.5 |
| Fomites/contact via contaminated objects | |
| Agree | 62.3 |
| Disagree | 12.9 |
| Don’t know | 24.7 |
| Airborne | |
| Agree | 55.1 |
| Disagree | 17.4 |
| Don’t know | 27.5 |
| Beliefs | |
| Level of confidence in own physician’s ability to diagnose or recognise SARS | |
| Very confident | 23.2 |
| Somewhat confident | 56.0 |
| Not very confident | 12.5 |
| Not at all confident | 1.4 |
| Don’t know | 6.9 |
| Likelihood of contracting SARS during the current outbreak | |
| Very likely | 1.2 |
| Somewhat likely | 28.9 |
| Not very likely | 34.8 |
| Not likely at all | 10.3 |
| Don’t know | 24.8 |
| Likelihood of surviving SARS if infected | |
| Very likely | 25.8 |
| Somewhat likely | 48.8 |
| Not very likely | 4.1 |
| Not likely at all | 0.7 |
| Don’t know | 20.6 |