Table 5.

Association between precautionary measures and PPD

Factors	EPDS < 10 (592)		EPDS ≥ 10 (253)		χ2	P
	n	%	n	%
Covering mouth when coughing or sneezing					0.501	0.778
Always	409	69.1	178	70.4
Sometime	140	23.6	60	23.7
Occasionally	43	7.3	15	5.9
Washing hands with soap					0.255	0.881
Always	396	66.9	170	67.2
Sometime	168	28.4	73	28.8
Occasionally	28	4.7	10	4.0
Wearing a mask regardless of the presence or absence of symptoms					0.089	0.967
Always	486	82.1	209	82.6
Sometime	95	16.0	40	15.8
Occasionally	11	1.9	4	1.6
Avoiding sharing of utensils (e.g, chopsticks) during meals					145.3	0.000
Always	318	53.7	41	16.2
Sometime	173	29.2	75	29.6
Occasionally	101	17.1	137	54.2
Average number of hours staying at home per day to avoid COVID-19					0.399	0.819
20 ~ 24 h	189	31.9	82	32.4
10 ~ 19 h	293	49.5	120	47.4
0 ~ 9 h	110	18.6	51	20.2