Table 4.
Investigation of the relationship between food shopping behaviour and Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 test (GAD-7) test scores
| Variables | FCV-19S scores | GAD-7 test scores | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | 1st–3rd quartiles | Median | 1st–3rd quartiles | |
| Behaviour | ||||
| Outdoor market shopping | ||||
| No (n 725) | 19 | 15–23 | 5 | 2–8 |
| Yes (n 287) | 17 | 14–22 | 4 | 2–8 |
| adj.P | 0·005 | 0·615 | ||
| r pb | –0·079* | –0·016 | ||
| Grocery shopping | ||||
| No (n 74) | 20 | 15–23 | 5 | 2–7 |
| Yes (n 938) | 19 | 15–23 | 4 | 2–8 |
| adj.P | 0·463 | 0·885 | ||
| r pb | –0·025 | 0·003 | ||
| Online shopping | ||||
| No (n 802) | 19 | 15–23 | 4 | 2–8 |
| Yes (n 210) | 18 | 14–23 | 5 | 2–8 |
| adj.P | 0·234 | 0·688 | ||
| r pb | –0·041 | 0·022 | ||
| Cleaning foods | ||||
| No (n 164) | 18 | 14–22 | 5 | 2–8 |
| Yes (n 848) | 19 | 15–23 | 4 | 2–8 |
| adj.P | 0·047 | 0·979 | ||
| r pb | 0·077* | 0·002 | ||
| Cleaning vegetables and fruits | ||||
| No (n 216) | 18 | 14–21 | 5 | 2–8 |
| Yes (n 796) | 19 | 15–23 | 4 | 2–8 |
| adj.P | 0·005 | 0·678 | ||
| r pb | 0·117** | 0·021 | ||
Point biserial correlation coefficient is significant at adj. *P < 0·05, adj. **P < 0·01.
All significant adjusted P values are shown in bold.