Table 4.
Participant’s practices to prevent COVID-19 infection
| Practices |
Always |
Often |
Sometimes |
Rarely |
Never |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) | |||||
| Drinking warm water every hour | 9.0 (39) | 21.8 (94) | 30.2 (130) | 19.3 (83) | 19.5 (84) |
| Gargling with saline solution | 4.9 (21) | 9.0 (39) | 38.7 (167) | 18.6 (80) | 28.5 (123) |
| Increase consumption of orange, lemon and leafy vegetables | 27.8 (120) | 39.2 (169) | 21.1 (91) | 7.0 (30) | 4.6 (20) |
| Consuming vitamin C tablets | 11.8 (51) | 16.5 (71) | 29.2 (126) | 14.6 (63) | 27.6 (119) |
| Consuming nuts | 14.4 (62) | 33.2 (143) | 31.8 (143) | 11.6 (50) | 8.8 (38) |
| Consuming banana to boost immune system | 17.6 (76) | 42.0 (181) | 25.5 (110) | 7.9 (34) | 6.7 (29) |
| Consuming sesame oil and olive oil to protect throat and lungs | 3.7 (16) | 10.7 (46) | 35.5 (153) | 21.1 (91) | 28.8 (124) |