Table 2.
Prevention, unproven protection, and vaccination behaviors among children and adolescents in Wuhan and Shanghai during the COVID-19 epidemic, March 2020.
| Prevention, unproven protection, and vaccination behavior | Total (N=1655), n (%) | Wuhan (n=816), n (%) | Shanghai (n=839), n (%) | P value | |||||||
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Frequency of child or adolescent going out during the epidemic | <.001a | |||||||||
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Never | 879 (53.1) | 479 (58.7) | 400 (47.7) |
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<1 time/week | 505 (30.5) | 229 (28.1) | 276 (32.9) |
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1-2 times/week | 220 (13.3) | 93 (11.4) | 127 (15.1) |
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3-5 times/week | 47 (2.8) | 13 (1.6) | 34 (4.1) |
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Nearly everyday | 4 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.2) |
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Reasons for child or adolescent not always wearing a mask when going out during the epidemic (n=144)b | .64a | |||||||||
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They had no masks | 61 (42.4) | 21 (39.6) | 40 (44.0) |
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Child or adolescent thought mask-wearing was unattractive | 26 (18.1) | 10 (18.9) | 16 (17.6) |
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Child or adolescent thought mask-wearing was uncomfortable | 15 (10.4) | 4 (7.6) | 11 (12.1) |
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Parent thought masks had limited protective effects | 37 (25.7) | 17 (32.1) | 20 (22.0) |
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Parent thought the epidemic was not severe | 5 (3.5) | 1 (1.9) | 4 (4.4) |
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Frequency of monitoring body temperature of child or adolescent during the epidemic | <.001c | |||||||||
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Never | 120 (7.3) | 27 (3.3) | 93 (11.1) |
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≤1 time/week | 264 (16.0) | 106 (13.0) | 158 (18.8) |
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2-3 times/week | 319 (19.3) | 125 (15.3) | 194 (23.1) |
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4-5 times/week | 366 (22.1) | 209 (25.6) | 157 (18.7) |
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6-7 times/week | 586 (35.4) | 349 (42.8) | 237 (28.3) |
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Family members bought or took unproven herbal remedies to prevent COVID-19 | 928 (56.1) | 451 (55.3) | 477 (56.9) | .52c | ||||||
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Family members took unproven garlic remedy to prevent COVID-19 | 501 (30.3) | 252 (30.9) | 249 (29.7) | .59c | ||||||
| Vaccination behavior | |||||||||||
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Delayed the scheduled vaccinations for child or adolescent during the epidemic (n=626)b | 468 (74.8) | 239 (78.6) | 229 (71.1) | .03c | ||||||
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How long child or adolescent vaccination was delayed during the epidemic (n=468)b | .03c | |||||||||
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<2 weeks | 140 (30.0) | 68 (28.5) | 72 (31.4) |
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2 weeks to 1 month | 143 (30.6) | 86 (36.0) | 57 (24.9) |
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>1 month | 185 (39.5) | 85 (35.6) | 100 (43.7) |
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Parent was worried about the delay of child or adolescent vaccination (n=468)b | 260 (55.6) | 140 (58.6) | 120 (52.4) | .18c | ||||||
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Parent was informed of alternative vaccination arrangements during the epidemic (n=626)b | 569 (90.9) | 282 (92.8) | 287 (89.1) | .11c | ||||||
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Child or adolescent had received influenza vaccination in 2019 flu season | 905 (54.7) | 467 (57.2) | 438 (52.2) | .04c | ||||||
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Planned to vaccinate child or adolescent against influenza after the epidemic | 1339 (80.9) | 655 (80.3) | 684 (81.5) | .52c | ||||||
aP value was calculated from a Fisher exact test.
bThese questions were only asked based on the response to a prior question, and the total number of respondents was marked separately.
cP value was calculated from a chi-square test.