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. 2010 May 26;124(8):460–466. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.03.027

Table 3.

Associations between compliance of university students with preventive guidelines and affecting factors.

Factors Complete compliance
Tamiflu consumption
Odds ratio 95% CI Odds ratio 95% CI
Gender n = 198; R2 = 0.49 n = 226, R2 = 0.29
 Female c c c c
 Male 1.10 0.46–2.65 2.43a 1.26–4.71



Age (years)
 17–20 c c c c
 21–22 1.11 0.33–3.77 0.48 0.21–1.06
 ≥23 0.82 0.20–3.34 0.51 0.19–1.38



Country of study
 USA c c c c
 Hong Kong 1.24 0.14–11.06 0.33 0.07–1.58
 Singapore 4.59b 1.13–18.68 2.68b 1.04–6.91
 Other 2.80 0.72–10.89 1.52 0.65–3.59



Hong Kong residency
 No c c c c
 Yes 0.56 0.12–2.69 0.46 0.17–1.29



Compliance with guidelines prior to arrival
 Viewing health organization websites 1.21a 1.05–1.39 0.95 0.85–1.06
 Offline, practice-based guidelines 1.36a 1.15–1.61 1.19a 1.07–1.33



Opinions on necessity of measures
 Temperature checkpoints 1.48a 1.12–1.97 0.79a 0.67–0.94
 Contingency measures 1.00 0.87–1.15 1.16a 1.05–1.29

CI, confidence interval.

a

P < 0.001.

b

P < 0.05.

c

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