TABLE 2.
Relationship Between Personal Risk Perception of Acquiring H1N1 and Preventive Health Behaviors
| Self-identified risk of personal H1N1 infection |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely high | High | Moderate | Low | None | ||||||
| Have you engaged in any of the following preventive health behaviors in response to H1N1? (Choose all that apply) | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Total | 20 | 95 | 355 | 277 | 58 | |||||
| Isolated | 8 | 40.0 | 30 | 31.6 | 88 | 24.79 | 37 | 13.360 | 12 | 20.69 |
| Washed hands | 17 | 85.0 | 85 | 89.5 | 304 | 85.60 | 221 | 79.800 | 40 | 69.00 |
| Hand sanitizer | 16 | 80.0 | 72 | 75.8 | 251 | 70.70 | 162 | 58.500 | 27 | 46.60 |
| Avoidance | 6 | 30.0 | 24 | 25.3 | 66 | 18.60 | 22 | 7.945 | 7 | 12.10 |
| Covered mouth | 15 | 75.0 | 87 | 91.6 | 303 | 85.40 | 221 | 79.800 | 41 | 70.70 |
| Disinfected | 13 | 65.0 | 60 | 63.2 | 184 | 51.80 | 112 | 40.400 | 18 | 31.00 |
| Rearranged | 4 | 20.0 | 7 | 7.4 | 21 | 5.90 | 9 | 3.300 | 6 | 10.30 |
| Face mask | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 9 | 2.50 | 6 | 2.200 | 4 | 6.90 |
| Preventive meds | 7 | 35.0 | 16 | 16.8 | 55 | 15.50 | 31 | 11.200 | 5 | 8.60 |
Note. The categories for preventive health behaviors are self-isolation, hand washing, hand sanitizer use, social distancing, covering your mouth when you cough, disinfection/cleaning of surroundings, rearranging furniture to decrease virus transmission, wearing a facemask, and taking preventive medication.