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. 2022 Apr 29;55:e0606-2021. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0606-2021

TABLE 3: Influence of daily routine on seroconversion in school teachers and employees during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil.

Daily Routine Univariable Analysis Multivariable logistic regression
Total COVID-19 IgG p-value Adjusted OR (95%CI) p-value
Negative Positive
In your home, someone had COVID19
No 1095 (57.6%) 1044 (59.7%) 51 (33.6%) <0.001 5.58 (3.02-10.30) <0.001¥
I don't know 458 (24.1%) 418 (23.9%) 40 (26.3%) -
Yes 348 (18.3%) 287 (16.4%) 61 (40.1%) RC
Do you know someone who had COVID-19?
No 194 (10.2%) 176 (10.1%) 18 (11.8%) 0.487 - -
Yes 1707 (89.8%) 1573 (89.9%) 134 (88.2%) RC
Do you know anyone who died from COVID-19?
No 600 (31.6%) 556 (31.8%) 44 (28.9%) 0.470 - -
Yes 1301 (68.4%) 1193 (68.2%) 108 (71.1%) RC
Did you succeed in social isolation?
Practically isolated from the world 312 (16.5%) 293 (16.8%) 19 (12.5%) 0.266 - -
Very little 67 (3.5%) 61 (3.5%) 6 (3.9%) -
Not much 35 (1.8%) 30 (1.7%) 5 (3.3%) -
More or less 345 (18.2%) 311 (17.8%) 34 (22.4%) -
Quite 1137 (60.0%) 1049 (60.1%) 88 (57.9%) RC
How was your routine during social isolation?
Staying at home all the time 295 (15.6%) 279 (16.1%) 16 (10.6%) 0.461 - -
Going out only for essential things, like buying food or a pharmacy 1265 (67.1%) 1160 (66.9%) 105 (69.5%) -
Going out once in a while to buy food and stretching legs 114 (6.0%) 103 (5.9%) 11 (7.3%) -
Going out every day for some activity 39 (2.1%) 35 (2.0%) 4 (2.6%) -
Going out every day, all day, to work or for other regular activities 173 (9.2%) 158 (9.1%) 15 (9.9%) RC
Visiting routine in your home
Only who lives in the house and nobody else 911 (49.2%) 845 (49.7%) 66 (43.7%) 0.433 - -
Some close relatives visit once or twice a week 757 (40.9%) 689 (40.6%) 68 (45.0%) -
Friends, distant relatives, or others who visit once or twice a week 89 (4.8%) 80 (4.7%) 9 (6.0%) -
Some close relatives visit almost every day 79 (4.3%) 71 (4.2%) 8 (5.3%) -
Friends, distant relatives, or others who visit every day 14 (0.8%) 14 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%) RC
Do you consider that the following protect you against COVID-19
Wearing a mask every time you leave the house 1796 (94.5%) 1651 (94.4%) 145 (95.4%) 0.605 RC** -
Staying at home and avoiding contact with other people 1207 (63.5%) 1110 (63.5%) 97 (63.8%) 0.931 RC** -
Cleaning your hands with alcohol gel 1557 (81.9%) 1427 (81.6%) 130 (85.5%) 0.227 RC** -
Avoiding people while outside the home 1335 (70.2%) 1234 (70.6%) 101 (66.4%) 0.288 RC** -
Washing your hands frequently 1818 (95.6%) 1672 (95.6%) 146 (96.1%) 0.792 RC** -
Not putting your hands in your mouth, nose, or eyes 1604 (84.4%) 1475 (84.3%) 129 (84.9%) 0.862 RC**
Taking chloroquine 45 (2.4%) 42 (2.4%) 3 (2.0%) 0.739 RC**
Being young 30 (1.6%) 26 (1.5%) 4 (2.6%) 0.277 RC**

Subtitle: *p<0.05, Fisher exact test or Pearson chi-square test; ¥Considering only those who declared yes or no; RC: reference category of multivariable analysis; **RC: reference category of multivariable analysis is professionals who do not respond to this item.