Table 1.

Participants' beliefs, behaviour and access to care (n = 195).

Investigated topics	n	%
Leaving the house
Never	41	21.1
Rarely	115	59.3
Sometimes (2–3 times per week)	23	11.9
Every day	15	7.7
Reason for leaving the house^a
Health	96	49.7
Job	16	8.3
Supermarket	97	50.3
Walking	25	13.0
Never going out	28	14.5
COVID-19 risk infection
I believe I am at higher risk	105	53.8
I believe I am not at higher risk	90	46.2
I believe I will suffer from severe consequences in case of infection due to my cancer
Very much/completely	99	50.8
Quite a bit	46	23.6
A little/not at all	50	25.6
Behaviours to lower infection risk^a
Hand washing	180	95.2
Social distance	154	81.5
Face mask without valve	136	72.0
Face mask with valve	46	24.3
Gloves	105	55.6
Disinfecting surfaces/cloths/groceries	56	29.6
Changes in relating with family members^a
Nothing changed	107	56.0
No kisses and hugs	61	31.9
Social distance	23	12.0
Separate rooms	13	6.8
Other	13	6.8
Using remedies to prevent COVID-19 infection
Yes	57	29.2
No	138	70.8
Health status under control
Yes	137	71.0
No	56	29.0
Fear of going to the hospital
Very much/completely	72	37.3
Quite a bit	40	20.7
A little	65	33.7
Not at all	16	8.3
Frequency of going to the hospital
Not going at all	73	37.8
Diminished frequency	46	23.8
Same frequency as usual	68	35.2
Other	5	2.6

COVID-19, novel coronavirus disease.

Multi response variable.