Table 7.

Predictors of self-perceived risk of contracting COVID-19

	Self-perceived risk of contracting COVID-19		P value†	Adjusted OR (95% CI) ‡	Adjusted P value§
	Yes (%)	No (%)
Age (years)
18–39	14.7	85.3	0.111	1.00 (Reference)
40–59	18.7	81.3		2.05 (1.217–3.435)	0.007*
≥ 60	25.0	75.0		4.68 (1.888–11.583)	0.001*
Gender
Male	19.7	80.3	<0.0001	1.00 (Reference)
Female	11.6	88.4		0.51 (0.352–0.751)	0.001*
Marital status
Married	14.9	85.1	0.393	0.53 (0.321–0.888)	0.016*
Not married	16.9	83.1		1.00 (Reference)
Occupation
Trading	18.8	81.2	0.597	1.318 (0.724–2.398)	0.366
Civil servant	16.7	83.3		1.00 (Reference)
Farming	9.5	90.5		0.360 (0.078–1.662)	0.191
Student	16.6	83.4		1.201 (0.690–2.090)	0.517
Others	13.4	86.6		0.700 (0.425–1.155)	0.163
Frequency of hearing about COVID-19
Very often	17.0	83.0	0.159	1.00 (Reference)
Often	13.3	86.7		0.73 (0.430–1.207)	0.213
Sometimes/never	9.8	90.2		0.39 (0.125–1.199)	0.100
Visitation to crowded place in recent times
Yes	24.2	75.8	< 0.0001	2.27 (1.499–3.448)	<0.001*
No	14.0	86.0		1.00 (Reference)
Regular hand washing with soap and water under a running tap
Very often	13.8	86.1	0.125	1.00 (Reference)
Often	18.5	81.5		1.25 (0.835–1.863)	0.280
Sometimes	21.7	78.3		1.69 (0.926–3.096)	0.087
Never	14.3	85.7		0.49 (0.056–4.342)	0.523
Use of hand sanitizer
Always	16.6	83.4	0.247	1.00 (Reference)
Rarely	13.7	86.3		0.70 (0.466–1.058)	0.091
Never	22.0	78.0		1.29 (0.613–2.730)	0.499
Compliance with stay at home instruction from the government
Yes	15.2	84.8	0.089	1.00 (Reference)
No	21.1	78.9		1.16 (0.791–1.915)	0.566
History of self-treatment with perceived preventive drugs against COVID-19 since the outbreak
Yes	17.4	82.6	0.440	1.15 (0.782–1.691)	0.479
No	15.4	84.6		1.00 (Reference)

^†P value in chi-square test; ^‡ Adjusted odds ratio in logistic regression (confidence interval); ^§ Adjusted P value in logistic regression; *Significant values

Others; Self-employed, unemployed