Table 6.
Other Practices in the Hospital Among the Cancer Patients (N=224)
| Practices | Categories | n(%) |
|---|---|---|
| 7a. Number of caretakers | 0 | 9 (4.0) |
| 1 | 97 (43.3) | |
| 2 | 96 (42.9) | |
| 3 | 20 (8.9) | |
| 4 | 2 (0.9) | |
| 7b. Stay of caretakers | Hospital | 147 (65.6) |
| Hotel | 69 (30.8) | |
| Relative’s house | 1 (0.4) | |
| Own house/rent | 7 (3.1) | |
| 8. Frequency of hand wash | More than before | 220 (98.2) |
| As usual | 4 (1.8) | |
| 9. Type of masks used | Cotton | 154 (68.8) |
| Surgical mask | 57 (25.5) | |
| Both cotton and surgical | 6 (2.6) | |
| N-95 | 3 (1.3) | |
| Do not wear | 4 (1.8) | |
| 10. Frequency of change of mask | One mask per day | 5 (2.2) |
| In every alternate day | 9 (4.0) | |
| In 3 days or more | 49 (21.9) | |
| Reuse after washing | 157 (70.1) | |
| Do not wear | 4 (1.8) |