Table 5.
Personal protective behaviors of vulnerable relatives declared by the questioned sample of Polish secondary school students, before and after the implementation of the legal regulation that the nose and mouth should be covered in public places.
| Responses by Sample Questioned before the Implementation of the Legal Regulation * |
Males
(n = 452) |
Females
(n = 862) |
p ** |
| Not leaving home | 350 (77.4%) | 673 (78.1%) | 0.7899 |
| Using a face mask | 210 (46.5%) | 476 (55.2%) | 0.0025 |
| Not touching the face | 211 (46.7%) | 440 (51.0%) | 0.1329 |
| Using gloves | 270 (59.7%) | 632 (73.3%) | <0.0001 |
| Handwashing | 430 (95.1%) | 835 (96.9%) | 0.1149 |
| Using alcohol-based hand rub | 336 (74.3%) | 705 (81.8%) | 0.0016 |
| Avoiding contact with those who may be sick | 330 (73.0%) | 690 (80.0%) | 0.0004 |
| Avoiding public places | 322 (71.2%) | 586 (68.0%) | 0.0257 |
| Taking medications or dietary supplements | 184 (40.7%) | 384 (44.5%) | 0.0020 |
| Other | 1 (0.2%) | 3 (0.3%) | 0.8963 |
| Responses by Sample Questioned after the Implementation of the Legal Regulation * |
Males
(n = 362) |
Females
(n = 647) |
p ** |
| Not leaving home | 212 (58.6%) | 426 (65.8%) | 0.0214 |
| Using a face mask | 339 (93.6%) | 613 (94.7%) | 0.4683 |
| Not touching the face | 179 (49.4%) | 313 (48.4%) | 0.7447 |
| Using gloves | 276 (76.2%) | 552 (85.3%) | 0.0003 |
| Handwashing | 342 (94.5%) | 628 (97.1%) | 0.0408 |
| Using alcohol-based hand rub | 270 (74.6%) | 513 (79.3%) | 0.0857 |
| Avoiding contact with those who may be sick | 242 (66.9%) | 481 (74.3%) | 0.0113 |
| Avoiding public places | 198 (54.7%) | 383 (59.2%) | 0.1653 |
| Taking medications or dietary supplements | 103 (28.5%) | 257 (39.7%) | 0.0003 |
| Other | 2 (0.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.0584 |
* Before/after 16 April 2020 [43]; ** chi2 test.