Table 4.
Means or platforms from which information on the COVID-19 pandemic is received in the two study periods.
| Means or platforms through which information on COVID-19 has been or is being received | April 2020 (n = 904) |
February 2021 (n = 405) |
Chi-squared |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N° cases | Percentage | N° cases | Percentage | N° cases | Percentage | Statistical | p | |
| Social media (WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) | 1098 | 83.9 | 792 | 87.6 | 306 | 75.6 | 30.062 | <.001 |
| Television | 888 | 67.8 | 634 | 70.1 | 254 | 62.7 | 7.052 | .008 |
| Web pages of official organisms or scientific societies | 767 | 58.6 | 512 | 56.6 | 255 | 63.0 | 4.613 | .032 |
| Friends or relatives | 562 | 42.9 | 388 | 42.9 | 174 | 43.0 | .0002 | .989 |
| Google or other search engines | 571 | 43.6 | 372 | 41.2 | 199 | 49.1 | 7.252 | .007 |
| Newspapers (online or print) | 444 | 33.9 | 305 | 33.7 | 139 | 34.3 | .042 | .837 |
| Radio | 329 | 25.1 | 243 | 26.9 | 86 | 21.2 | 4.738 | .029 |
| Official phone numbers or information apps | 341 | 26.1 | 237 | 26.2 | 104 | 25.8 | .042 | .838 |
| Other (Professional bodies, company, …) | 63 | 4.8 | 38 | 4.2 | 25 | 6.2 | 2.368 | .124 |