Table 3.

Distribution of adult Egyptians according to their food handling practices before and during the COVID-19 lockdown

Food handling practices	Before LD	During LD	% change	Test of significance
	No. (%)	No. (%)
Number of days of stockpiling food (mean ± SD)	7.18 ± 5.75	8.73 ± 6.93		Paired t-test = 6.56 (p < 0.001*)
Cleaning or disinfecting canned food containers before using and storing	161 (37.4)	369 (85.8)	48.4	McNemar p < 0.001*
Washing fruits and vegetables before eating	423 (98.4)	427 (99.3)	0.9	McNemar p = 0.125
Cleaning or disinfecting kitchen utensils and surfaces before use	348 (80.9)	392 (91.2)	10.3	McNemar p < 0.001*

SD, standard deviation

^*Significant (p < 0.05)