General Public and Physicians Express Similar Levels of Concern Regarding Potential Swine Flu Pandemic
Posted on: Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 12:34 CDT
- 63% of general public and physicians believe there is some risk for a catastrophic pandemic -
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The study was conducted by HCD Research and the
"When comparing the results of this study to a similar physicians' study that we released yesterday, the general public's perceptions of the swine flu and its potential risk were in line with physicians' views," explained
Approximately one-quarter of the general public (26%) reported that they were concerned that the swine flu will have an impact on themselves or their families. When asked how their behavior would change after the announcement of the public health emergency, respondents indicated that they would be 15% more likely to visit the doctor at the first sign of the flu.
Members of the general were asked to rank various life-threatening events on a scale which measured their level of concern for each event. A ranking of 1 represents "The most concerned" and a ranking of 6 represents "The least concerned." Swine Flue was ranked 4th among all regions except for the west coast, which ranked it 3rd. Below are all the results broken down by U.S. regions:
Northeast Midwest South West or Pacific Car accidents 1 1 1 1 Natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis 2 2 2 2 Terrorist attacks employing a dirty or nuclear bomb 3 3 3 4 Bio terrorism such as small pox or anthrax 5 5 5 5 Swine flu 4 4 4 3 Airline Accidents 6 6 6 6Among the findings:
On a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 indicates that your belief that the current situation has a no risk of resulting in a catastrophic pandemic (a large number of deaths worldwide) and 7 indicates an extremely high risk, please rate how risky you believe a swine flu epidemic to be. Indicate your prediction regarding the outcome of potential situation.
Total (n=1,039) 1 - No Risk 2% 2 - Low Risk 9% Bottom 2 11% 3 - Somewhat Low Risk 14% 4 - Neither At Risk or Not At Risk 11% 5 - Somewhat At Risk 44% Top 2 19% 6 - High Risk 14% 7 - Extremely High Risk 5%Using a similar scale, where 1 indicates that the government is unprepared for a pandemic and 7 indicates that the government is extremely prepared, please rate our government's ability to prepare for a possible pandemic.
Total (n=1,039) 1 - Not At All Prepared 7% 2 - Not Prepared 14% Bottom 2 20% 3 - Somewhat Not Prepared 17% 4 - Neutral 16% 5 - Somewhat Prepared 32% Top 2 14% 6 - Prepared 12% 7 - Completely Prepared 2%Based on what you may or may not already know about the swine flu cases originating from
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