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