SARS 疫情對臺北市原住民之影響
Public Response Regarding SARS Epidemic among Aboriginals in Taipei City
中文摘要
嚴重急性呼吸道症候群（Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS）是二十一 世紀以來第一種嚴重且快速傳播的新興傳染病。本研究主要目的為瞭解臺北市原
住民對SARS 疫情之認知以及對生活之影響。研究對象為居住於臺北市且年滿
18 歲以上之原住民，研究方法係以電腦輔助電話訪問系統進行調查，研究工具 為自行設計之結構式問卷，電話訪問日期為九十二年六月七日至九日。本研究之 有效樣本共507 人。
研究結果發現82.6%的樣本是從電視中得到 SARS 相關資訊。有 78.3%的樣本認 為SARS 是嚴重的疾病，有 49.1%的樣本害怕國內 SARS 疫情的散播，以及有 17.0%的樣本認為自己可能會感染到 SARS。有 50.8%的樣本認為他們的生活受 到SARS 疫情的影響。在有關 SARS 的知識方面，有 77.1%的樣本同意 SARS 傳
染途徑主要為口沫傳染與接觸傳染，而有98.6%的樣本知道居家隔離期間不能
外出。認為可以經由做好自我防護措施來降低感染SARS 機會者，佔 91.5%。另
外，在成癮物質使用方面，有抽菸習慣者佔所有樣本數之29.4%，其中 4.7%的
樣本在SARS 流行後增加抽菸量，17.4%的樣本減少抽菸量。有喝酒習慣者佔全
部樣本之28.0%，其中有 5.6%的樣本在 SARS 流行後增加飲酒量，減少喝酒量 者佔24.7%。有使用檳榔習慣者佔全部樣本之 12.6%，其中有 6.3%的樣本在 SARS 流行後增加檳榔的使用量，有 26.6%則是減少使用量。
即使在SARS 疫情趨於緩和時，還是有一半之樣本對於 SARS 感到害怕，建議
應經由大眾傳播媒體加強有關衛生教育之宣導。
英文摘要
Severe acute respiratory syndrome is the first severe and readily transmissible new disease to emerge in the 21st century. The major purpose of this study was to
investigate the public response regarding SARS epidemic among aboriginals in Taipei City. Data were collected by using the computer assisted telephone interview
technique. A total of 507 Taipei aboriginal subjects who aged 18 or older were recruited in this survey. The telephone interviews were conducted from 7 June to 9 June, 2003.
Results of this study indicated 82.6% of the subjects obtained SARS information from television. Roughly 78.3% of the subjects considered SARS was a serious disease, and 49.1% of the subjects were feared of the SARS epidemic. Nearly 50.8% of the subjects reported that their lives were influenced by the SARS outbreak.
Approximately 17.0% of the subjects believed that they were likely to contract SARS
during the current outbreak. About 77.1% of subjects agreed that SARS was transmitted by person to person droplet nuclei and 98.6% respondents knew people who were quarantined in home could not leave their houses. Over 91% of the subjects agreed that adopting precautionary measures could reduce the possibility of
contracting SARS. Furthermore, the prevalence rate for smoking, drinking and betel nut chewing were 29.4%, 28.0%, 12.6%, respectively. It was noted that some subjects change their substance use behavior after the SARS outbreak. Among those smoking subjects, 4.7% of them increased the amount of cigarette smoking and 17.4% of them reduced the amount of cigarette smoking. Among those drinking subjects, 5.6% of them increased the amount of alcohol drinking and 24.7% of them reduced the amount of alcohol drinking. Among those subjects who chewing betel nut, 6.3% of them increased the amount of betel nut chewing and 26.6% of them reduced the amount of betel nut chewing.
This study concluded that half of the subjects were feared of the SARS outbreak.
More health education in this regard should be enhanced through mass media.
