Table 3.
Factors associated with fear of COVID-19 in school principals (n = 403).
| Variables | FCoV-19S |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bivariate | Multivariate | |||
| B (95% CI) | p | B (95% CI) | p | |
| Age, years | 0.02 (−0.08, 0.12) | .693 | 0.02 (−0.07, 0.11) | .704 |
| Gender | ||||
| Women | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Men | −0.20 (−1.22, 0.81) | .692 | 0.27 (−0.66, 1.19) | .573 |
| School type | ||||
| Primary school | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Junior high school | 0.06 (−1.16, 1.29) | .917 | −0.35 (−1.49, 0.79) | .546 |
| Senior high school and vocational school | −1.49 (−2.89, −0.09) | .037 | −1.28 (−2.57, 0.00) | .051 |
| School for special children | −1.26 (−4.54, 2.02) | .451 | −1.61 (−4.54, 1.32) | .279 |
| School geography | ||||
| North | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Centre | 0.20 (−1.03, 1.42) | .750 | 0.04 (−1.06, 1.15) | .938 |
| South | −0.72 (−2.10, 0.67) | .308 | −0.67 (−1.93, 0.60) | .301 |
| East | −0.40 (−2.15, 1.36) | .658 | −0.81 (−2.41, 0.78) | .316 |
| Outlying islands | −0.56 (−2.62, 1.51) | .597 | 0.41 (−1.57, 2.39) | .685 |
| School Size | ||||
| ≤ 12 classes | 0.00 | - | – | |
| 13-24 classes | −0.62 (−2.00, 0.76) | .377 | - | – |
| 25-48 classes | −0.06 (−1.31, 1.20) | .931 | - | – |
| ≥ 49 classes | −0.37 (−1.73, 0.98) | .588 | - | – |
| Involving teaching | ||||
| No | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Yes | −0.31 (−1.41, 0.78) | .574 | −0.37 (−1.38, 0.63) | .467 |
| Weekly working hours | ||||
| < 40 h | 1.45 (−0.64, 3.53) | .174 | 1.26 (−0.62, 3.15) | .188 |
| = 40 h | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| > 40 h | 0.17 (−1.18, 1.52) | .803 | 0.47 (−0.78, 1.72) | .457 |
| Weekly working hour changes | ||||
| Less than before the pandemic | 0.20 (−0.91, 1.31) | .718 | 0.28 (−0.73, 1.28) | .588 |
| About the same | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| More than before the pandemic | 1.52 (0.18, 2.86) | .027 | 1.69 (0.49, 2.89) | .006 |
| Health status | ||||
| Very bad/bad/moderate | 0.00 | - | – | |
| Good/very good | −1.86 (−2.84, −0.89) | <.001 | - | – |
| Chronic health conditions | ||||
| None | 0.00 | - | – | |
| One or more | 0.73 (−0.26, 1.72) | .148 | - | – |
| Health-related activity limitations | ||||
| Not limited | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Limited | 1.73 (0.67, 2.79) | .001 | 0.94 (−0.04, 1.93) | .060 |
| S-COVID-19-S | ||||
| No | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Yes | 1.35 (0.35, 2.35) | .008 | 0.93 (0.00, 1.85) | .051 |
| COVID-19 vaccination | ||||
| No | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Yes | 0.26 (−1.22, 1.74) | .727 | −0.16 (−1.61, 1.29) | .829 |
| Level of informing on COVID-19 updates | ||||
| Insufficient/poor/fine informed | 0.00 | - | – | |
| Well/very well informed | −2.66 (−4.13, −1.19) | <.001 | - | – |
| Confusion about COVID-19-related information | ||||
| Not at all/little confused | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Quite/very confused | 4.67 (3.01, 6.32) | <.001 | 3.77 (2.20, 5.34) | <.001 |
| Level of concern about getting infected | ||||
| Slightly concerned/not concerned at all | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Very concerned/concerned | 3.66 (2.71, 4.61) | <.001 | 3.18 (2.27, 4.08) | <.001 |
| Perceived likelihood of getting infected | ||||
| Not likely/definitely not | 0.00 | - | – | |
| Very likely/somewhat likely | 2.85 (1.92, 3.79) | <.001 | - | – |
| Sense of coherence | −0.56 (−1.01, −0.11) | .016 | −0.19 (−0.61, 0.22) | .364 |
| Coronavirus-related HL | −3.15 (−4.22, −2.07) | <.001 | −1.85 (−2.90, −0.81) | .001 |
S-COVID-19-S: symptoms like COVID-19; FCoV-19S: fear of COVID-19; HL: health literacy; B: unstandardized regression coefficient.