Table 4.
Comparison of the study variables between clusters of infection rate
| Variable | Low Frequency (%) |
Moderate Frequency (%) |
High Frequency (%) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level of contact with clients | No | 25 (24.3%) | 86 (28.0%) | 30 (32.3%) | 0.024* |
| Low | 39 (37.9%) | 143 (46.6%) | 47 (50.5%) | ||
| High | 39 (37.9%) | 78 (25.4%) | 16 (17.2%) | ||
| Types of gatherings participated during the past two months | Ceremony | 2 (2.0%) | 11 (3.6%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0.052 |
| Religious | 2 (2.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (2.0%) | ||
| Clinic/Hospital/Pharmacy | 1 (1.0%) | 15 (5.0%) | 2 (2.2%) | ||
| Public transportation | 2 (2.0%) | 6 (2.0%) | 1 (1.1%) | ||
| Work place | 49 (48.5%) | 122 (40.3%) | 38 (41.8%) | ||
| Travel | 6 (5.9%) | 3 (1.0%) | 1 (1.1%) | ||
| Shopping/Social places | 1 (1.0%) | 6 (2.0%) | 2 (2.2%) | ||
| Two or more of the above | 38 (37.6%) | 137 (45.2%) | 43 (47.3%) | ||
| Other | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.0%) | 1 (1.1%) | ||
| Mask usage in public/work place | Never | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.226 |
| < 25% of the times | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| 25–50% of the times | 3 (2.9%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| 50–75% of the times | 4 (3.9%) | 21 (6.8%) | 4 (4.3%) | ||
| > 75% of the times | 96 (93.2%) | 283 (92.2%) | 89 (95.7%) | ||
| Hand washing in public/work place during the past two months | Never | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0.391 |
| < 25% of the times | 2 (1.9%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| 25–50% of the times | 11 (10.7%) | 22 (7.2%) | 4 (4.3%) | ||
| 50–75% of the times | 17 (16.5%) | 54 (17.6%) | 15 (16.3%) | ||
| > 75% of the times | 73 (70.9%) | 229 (74.6%) | 72 (78.2%) | ||
| Social distancing in public/workplace during the past two months | Never | 4 (3.9%) | 5 (1.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.427 |
| < 25% of the times | 5 (4.9%) | 9 (2.9%) | 1 (1.1%) | ||
| 25–50% of the times | 12 (11.7%) | 26 (8.5%) | 8 (8.7%) | ||
| 50–75% of the times | 17 (16.5%) | 65 (21.2%) | 19 (20.7%) | ||
| > 75% of the times | 65 (63.1%) | 202 (65.8%) | 64 (69.6%) | ||
| Use of shield in public/workplace during the past two months | Never | 97 (94.2%) | 271 (88.6%) | 87 (94.6%) | 0.097 |
| < 25% of the times | 0 (0.0%) | 17 (5.6%) | 3 (3.3%) | ||
| 25–50% of the times | 2 (1.9%) | 8 (2.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| 50–75% of the times | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| > 75% of the times | 4 (3.9%) | 10 (3.3%) | 2 (2.2%) | ||
| Use of disinfectants in public/workplace during the past two months | Never | 1 (1.0%) | 4 (1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.726 |
| < 25% of the times | 1 (1.0%) | 3 (1.0%) | 3 (3.3%) | ||
| 25–50% of the times | 6 (5.9%) | 13 (4.2%) | 2 (2.2%) | ||
| 50–75% of the times | 14 (13.9%) | 40 (13.1%) | 11 (12.1%) | ||
| > 75% of the times | 79 (78.2%) | 246 (80.4%) | 75 (82.4%) |
* Significant difference in distribution pattern using the chi-square test