Table 3.
Factors associated with differences in total preventive measure scores (N = 3555)
| Univariable analysis | Multivariable analysisa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Differences in total preventive measures scores | Differences in total preventive measures scores Past week > score beginning outbreak vs Past week ≤ score beginning of outbreak |
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| Covariates | Frequency (%) | Past week > score beginning of outbreak (n = 1696) |
Past week ≤ score beginning of outbreak (n = 1859) |
P | OR (95% CI) |
| Socio demographic characteristics | |||||
| Age group (years) | |||||
| 20–30 | 468 (13.2) | 227 (48.5) | 241 (51.5) | ||
| 31–40 | 1313 (36.9) | 638 (48.6) | 675 (51.4) | 0.735 | |
| 41–50 | 1008 (28.4) | 477 (47.3) | 531 (52.7) | ||
| 50–70 | 766 (21.5) | 354 (46.2) | 412 (53.8) | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 775 (21.8) | 372 (48.0) | 403 (52.0) | 0.871 | |
| Female | 2780 (78.2) | 1324 (47.6) | 1456 (52.4) | ||
| Highest educational level | |||||
| High school and below | 250 (7.0) | 96 (38.4) | 154 (61.6) | Reference | |
| College | 2069 (58.2) | 994 (48.0) | 1075 (52.0) | 0.008 | 1.58 (1.17–2.13)** |
| Graduate and above | 1236 (34.8) | 606 (49.0) | 630 (51.0) | 1.74 (1.28–2.38)*** | |
| Average monthly household income (NT$) | |||||
| < 20,000 | 528 (14.9) | 232 (43.9) | 296 (56.1) | ||
| 20,000-50,000 | 1440 (40.5) | 688 (47.8) | 752 (52.2) | 0.138 | |
| 50,000-100,000 | 1251 (35.2) | 622 (49.7) | 629 (50.3) | ||
| > 100,000 | 336 (9.5) | 154 (45.8) | 182 (54.2) | ||
| Location | |||||
| North district | 2358 (66.3) | 1128 (47.8) | 1230 (52.2) | ||
| Central district | 599 (16.8) | 277 (46.2) | 322 (53.8) | 0.838 | |
| South district | 484 (13.6) | 234 (48.3) | 250 (51.7) | ||
| East district | 114 (3.2) | 57 (50.0) | 57 (50.0) | ||
| Anxiety symptom score | |||||
| Differences in score between past 1 week and beginning the outbreak | |||||
| Score past 1 week ≤ score beginning the outbreak | 2326 (65.4) | 744 (32.0) | 1582 (68.0) | p < 0.001 | Reference |
| Score past 1 week > score beginning the outbreak | 1229 (34.6) | 952 (77.5) | 277 (22.5) | 7.38 (6.28–8.66)*** | |
**p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
aHosmer–Lemeshow test, chi-square: 4.812, p-value: 0.307; Nagelkerke R2: 0.240