Table 5: Association between practice of COVID-19 preventive behaviors among HCWs and risk perception in Sierra Leone, 2020.
|
Variables |
Preventive practice |
PR (95% CI) |
|
|
COVID-19 is a problem to community |
Good |
Poor |
|
|
Not perceived |
20 |
4 (0.8) |
1.4 (1.2-1.8) |
|
Perceived |
253 |
185 (0.5) |
|
|
COVID-19 can be serious |
|
|
|
|
Not perceived |
18 |
34 (0.3) |
0.6 (0.4-0.8) |
|
Perceived |
257 |
153 (0.6) |
|
|
COVID-19 is a problem in HF |
|
|
|
|
Not perceived |
48 |
14 (0.77) |
1.4 (1.2-1.6) |
|
Perceived |
224 |
175 (0.56) |
|
|
COVID-19 will affect many people |
|
|
|
|
Not perceived |
57 |
24 |
1.3 (1.1-1.5) |
|
Perceived |
211 |
165 |
|
|
COVID-19 is a problem to my family |
|
|
|
|
Not perceived |
11 |
6 |
1.1 (0.8-1.6) |
|
Perceived |
258 |
182 |
|
|
Personal risk of catching COVID-19 |
|
|
|
|
Not worried |
118 |
74 |
1.1 (0.9-1.2) |
|
Worried |
155 |
113 |
|
|
Likelihood of family/friends affected |
|
|
|
|
Not worried |
11 |
6 |
1.1 (0.8-1.6) |
|
Worried |
258 |
182 |
|