Table 3.
Recommendation | Country of Publication | Available, n (%) |
Unavailable, n (%) |
OR (95% CI) a | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wash your hands frequently | Countries with local transmission b | 63 (68.5) | 18 (48.6) | 2.29 (1.05–5.01) | 0.036 |
Countries with only imported cases c and countries without cases d | 29 (31.5) | 19 (51.4) | 1 | ||
Respiratory hygiene | Countries with local transmission b | 39 (73.6) | 42 (55.3) | 2.26 (1.06–4.82) | 0.035 |
Countries with only imported cases c and countries without cases d | 14 (26.4) | 34 (44.7) | 1 | ||
Social distance | Countries with local transmission b | 37 (71.2) | 44 (57.1) | 1.85 (0.87–3.92) | 0.108 |
Countries with only imported cases c and countries without cases d | 15 (28.8) | 33 (42.9) | 1 | ||
Avoid touching eyes, nose, and mouth | Countries with local transmission b | 22 (70.9) | 59 (60.2) | 1.62 (0.67–3.88) | 0.282 |
Countries with only imported cases c and countries without cases d | 9 (29.1) | 39 (39.8) | 1 |
a OR (95% CI): Odds Ratio (95% confidence interval). b Countries with local transmission: Spain, the United States of America, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, China, the United Kingdom.c Countries with only imported cases: Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala, Bolivia. d Countries without cases: Nicaragua, El Salvador.