Table 6.

Appraising the information on the coronavirus and COVID-19

	% Inhabitants of German-speaking Switzerland
	Very easy	Easy	Difficult	Very difficult	p-value
To assess which protective measures to take against the coronavirus					<  0.001
Spring 2020	30%	50%	16%	4%
Fall 2020	41%	42%	14%	3%
Winter 2020	40%	46%	12%	2%
To assess which behaviors are linked to an increased risk of infection					<  0.001
Spring 2020	24%	52%	19%	5%
Fall 2020	32%	47%	18%	3%
Winter 2020	33%	43%	20%	4%
To assess personal risk					0.001
Spring 2020	24%	47%	25%	4%
Fall 2020	30%	41%	25%	4%
Winter 2020	32%	44%	20%	4%
To assess whether being infected with the coronavirus					<  0.001
Spring 2020	16%	38%	33%	13%
Fall 2020	24%	37%	33%	6%
Winter 2020	26%	40%	29%	5%
To assess the trustworthiness of information from the media					<  0.001
Spring 2020	13%	32%	36%	19%
Fall 2020	19%	34%	34%	13%
Winter 2020	19%	35%	30%	16%