Table 2.
Non-pharmaceutical intervention performance frequency and belief level.
| Performed in last week, frequency, n (%) | Slows the Spread of COVID-19, level of agreement, n (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPI | Always | Most of the time | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | Completely agree | Agree | Unsure | Disagree | Disagree completely |
| Hand washing | 776 (77.2) | 188 (18.7) | 29 (2.9) | 9 (0.9) | 3 (0.3) | 871 (86.7) | 124 (12.3) | 9 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) |
| Hand sanitizer | 355 (35.6) | 192 (19.3) | 222 (22.3) | 95 (9.5) | 132 (13.3) | 722 (71.9) | 224 (22.3) | 45 (4.5) | 7 (0.7) | 6 (0.6) |
| Avoiding handshakes | 875 (87.2) | 67 (6.7) | 42 (4.2) | 9 (0.9) | 10 (1.0) | 819 (81.9) | 164 (16.4) | 13 (1.3) | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) |
| Tissue/ elbow sneeze | 749 (74.6) | 170 (16.9) | 50 (5.0) | 19 (1.9) | 16 (1.6) | 793 (78.9) | 189 (18.9) | 20 (2.0) | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) |
| Avoiding face touching | 247 (24.6) | 356 (35.4) | 282 (28.1) | 86 (8.6) | 34 (3.4) | 748 (74.6) | 207 (20.7) | 42 (4.2) | 5 (0.5) | 1 (0.1) |
| Disinfecting surfaces | 347 (34.7) | 293 (29.3) | 242 (24.2) | 67 (6.7) | 52 (5.2) | 745 (74.2) | 223 (22.2) | 28 (2.8) | 5 (0.5) | 3 (0.3) |
| Wearing mask | 71 (7.1) | 40 (4.0) | 95 (9.5) | 109 (10.9) | 687 (68.6) | 420 (41.9) | 234 (23.4) | 221 (22.1) | 89 (8.9) | 38 (3.8) |
| Wearing eye protection | 77 (7.7) | 45 (4.5) | 65 (6.5) | 102 (10.2) | 709 (71.0) | 360 (35.9) | 187 (18.6) | 307 (30.6) | 106 (10.6) | 43 (4.3) |
| Social distancing | 736 (73.3) | 215 (21.4) | 35 (3.5) | 12 (1.2) | 6 (0.6) | 856 (85.9) | 123 (12.3) | 12 (1.2) | 3 (0.3) | 3 (0.3) |
| Avoiding travel | 767 (76.6) | 171 (17.1) | 44 (4.4) | 7 (0.7) | 12 (1.2) | 835 (83.1) | 147 (14.6) | 19 (1.9) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.3) |
| Required to stay at home/ quarantine | 582 (58.0) | 318 (31.7) | 64 (6.4) | 22 (2.2) | 18 (1.8) | 846 (84.4) | 135 (13.5) | 18 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 4 (0.4) |
All performance-belief pairs were associated significantly (p < 0.001).