Table 2.
Percentage of municipalities that conducted awareness-raising activities and area comparison by the implementation of focused anti-infection measures.
| Awareness-Raising Activity by Municipalities | Overall (n = 433) |
Implementation of Focused Anti-Infection Measures ¶ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Areas with Focused Anti-Infection Measures (n = 372) |
Areas without Focused Anti-Infection Measures (n = 61) |
p-Value for Comparisons between Areas with and without Measures * | ||||||
| Number of Municipalities That Conducted Each Activity | % ⁑ | Number of Municipalities That Conducted Each Activity | % † | Number of Municipalities That Conducted Each Activity | % ‡ | |||
| (A) For community residents | Workshops for residents | 369 | 85.2 | 323 | 86.8 | 46 | 75.4 | 0.020 |
| Individual consultation services | 246 | 56.8 | 214 | 57.5 | 32 | 52.5 | 0.459 | |
| Information to residents concerning healthcare and long-term care at the end-of-life | 283 | 65.4 | 246 | 66.1 | 37 | 60.7 | 0.405 | |
| (B) For healthcare providers and care workers | Workshops for healthcare providers | 248 | 57.3 | 219 | 58.9 | 29 | 47.5 | 0.097 |
| Workshops for care workers | 276 | 63.7 | 244 | 65.6 | 32 | 52.5 | 0.048 | |
| Discussion and review meetings among healthcare professionals, care workers, and local government officers | 239 | 55.2 | 214 | 57.5 | 25 | 41.0 | 0.016 | |
¶ The focused anti-infection measures have been implemented from the beginning of January 2022 to the end of March 2022. * Comparisons between areas with and without focused anti-infection measures by Chi-squared tests. ⁑ The values represent the percentages among the 433 total municipalities. † The values represent the percentages in the 372 municipalities with focused anti-infection measures. ‡ The values represent the percentages in the 61 municipalities without focused anti-infection measures.