TABLE 4.

The answer distributions of patients according to gender

		Gender		p
		Female (n = 199)	Male (n = 101)
		n (%)	n (%)
1. Do you wash your hands with soap more often than usual due to COVID‐19 pandemic?	Yes	193 (97.0)	99 (98.0)	d 0.722
	No	6 (3.0)	2 (2.0)
2. Are you going out of the house?	Yes	122 (61.3)	78 (77.2)	b 0.006**
	No	77 (38.7)	23 (22.8)
3. If you are leaving your house, is it for hospital or to go outside? (n = 200)	Hospital	66 (54.1)	43 (55.1)	b 0.887
	Outside	56 (45.9)	35 (44.9)
4. Do you use the public transport? (n = 200)	Yes	5 (4.1)	3 (3.8)	d 1.000
	No	117 (95.9)	75 (96.2)
5. Have you purchased a hand sanitiser?	Yes	153 (76.9)	81 (80.2)	b 0.513
	No	46 (23.1)	20 (19.8)
6. When you go out, do you carry a hand sanitiser with you?	Yes	76 (62.3)	40 (51.3)	b 0.124
	No	46 (37.7)	38 (48.7)
7. Do you wear a mask every time you leave home?	Yes	119 (97.5)	72 (92.3)	d 0.158
	No	3 (2.5)	6 (7.7)
8. Do you use gloves when going out?	Yes	65 (53.3)	38 (48.7)	b 0.529
	No	57 (46.7)	40 (51.3)
9. Do you clean the food and beverage boxes you bought from the market when you came home?	Yes	185 (93.0)	94 (93.1)	b 0.973
	No	14 (7.0)	7 (6.9)
10. Do you accept those who visit you for your illness or other reasons?	Yes	7 (3.5)	3 (3.0)	d 1.000
	No	192 (96.5)	98 (97.0)
11. Do you use a supplement to increase your body resistance and protect yourself from coronavirus infection?	Yes	106 (53.3)	51 (50.5)	b 0.650
	No	93 (46.7)	50 (49.5)
12. Do you know the three most common symptoms of COVID‐19?	Yes	57 (28.6)	30 (29.7)	b 0.848
	No	142 (71.4)	71 (70.3)
13. Do you know the route of transmission of novel coronavirus?	Yes	82 (41.2)	54 (53.5)	b 0.044*
	No	117 (58.8)	47 (46.5)

^b Pearson chisquare test.

^d Fisher's Exact Test.

^* p ≤ .05.

^** p ≤ .01.