Table 6 Adoption of precautions by the respondents (number of respondents answering “yes”)
Precautions | HCWs | NHCWs | HCWs vs NHCWs | healthcare students | Healthcare graduates | Students vs graduates | Frontline NHCWs | Backend NHCWs | Frontline vs backend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 507 | n = 899 | n = 181 | n = 326 | n = 216 | n = 290 | ||||
No. (%) | No. (%) | p-value* | No. (%) | No. (%) | p-value* | No. (%) | No. (%) | p-value* | |
1. Wear face masks | 475 (93.7) | 815 (90.7) | 0.012 | 161 (89.0) | 314 (96.3) | 0.082 | 208 (96.3) | 267 (91.8) | 0.344 |
2. Wash hands frequently (with soap or hand sanitizer) | 497 (98.0) | 884 (98.3) | 0.756 | 173 (95.6) | 324 (99.4) | 0.001 | 215 (99.5) | 282 (96.9) | 0.009 |
3. Avoid contacting people who have fever or respiratory symptoms | 470 (92.7) | 825 (91.8) | 0.597 | 163 (90.1) | 307 (94.2) | 0.047 | 203 (94.0) | 267 (91.8) | 0.212 |
4. Avoid going out | 397 (78.3) | 679 (75.5) | 0.089 | 158 (87.3) | 239 (73.3) | 0.003 | 164 (75.9) | 233 (80.1) | 0.685 |
5. Avoid going to meat shops/market | 391 (77.1) | 592 (65.9) | < 0.001 | 142 (78.5) | 249 (76.4) | 0.291 | 172 (79.6) | 219 (75.3) | 0.330 |
6. Avoid going to hospital or clinic | 306 (60.4) | 728 (81.0) | < 0.001 | 144 (79.6) | 162 (49.7) | < 0.001 | 97 (44.9) | 209 (71.8) | < 0.001 |
7. Avoid taking public transportation | 456 (89.9) | 838 (93.2) | < 0.021 | 165 (91.2) | 291 (89.3) | 0.651 | 193 (89.4) | 263 (90.4) | 0.207 |
8. Avoid going to work | 277 (54.6) | 594 (66.1) | < 0.001 | 137 (75.7) | 140 (42.9) | < 0.001 | 80 (37.0) | 197 (67.7) | < 0.001 |
9. Avoid going to school or avoid letting children go to school | 382 (75.3) | 811 (90.2) | 0.001 | 154 (85.1) | 228 (69.9) | 0.024 | 149 (69.0) | 233 (80.1) | 0.733 |
10. Avoid international travel | 467 (92.1) | 853 (94.9) | 0.032 | 169 (93.4) | 298 (91.4) | 0.954 | 198 (91.7) | 269 (92.4) | 0.980 |
11. Avoid domestic or inter-city travel | 440 (86.8) | 805 (89.5) | 0.076 | 165 (91.2) | 275 (84.4) | 0.091 | 174 (80.6) | 266 (91.4) | 0.001 |