Table 3.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on activities among municipalities that conducted each activity and a comparison of the implementation of focused anti-infection measures ¶.
| Awareness-Raising Activity by Municipalities | Overall | Implementation of Focused Anti-Infection Measures ¶ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Areas with Focused Anti-Infection Measures | Areas without Focused Anti-Infection Measures | p-Value for Comparisons between Areas with and without Measures * | |||
| Number of Municipalities That Felt the Impact of the Pandemic/Number of Municipalities That Conducted Each Activity (%) | Number of Municipalities That Felt the Impact of the Pandemic/Number of Municipalities That Conducted Each Activity (%) | Number of Municipalities That Felt the Impact of the Pandemic/Number of Municipalities That Conducted Each Activity (%) | |||
| (A) For community residents | Workshops for residents | 317/369 (85.9%) | 280/323 (86.7%) | 37/46 (80.4%) | 0.254 |
| Individual consultation support to residents for health and care at the end-of-life | 42/246 (17.1%) | 36/214 (16.8%) | 6/32 (18.8%) | 0.787 | |
| Information to residents concerning healthcare and long-term care at the end-of-life | 40/283 (14.1%) | 35/246 (14.2%) | 5/37 (13.5%) | 0.907 | |
| (B) For healthcare providers and care workers | Workshops for healthcare providers | 215/248 (86.7%) | 192/219 (14.2%) | 23/29 (79.3%) | 0.213 |
| Workshops for care workers | 232/276 (84.1%) | 208/244 (85.3%) | 24/32 (75.0%) | 0.137 | |
| Discussions and review meetings among healthcare professionals, care workers, and the local government | 195/239 (81.6%) | 173/214 (80.8%) | 22/25 (88.0%) | 0.382 | |
¶ 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.