An analysis of COVID-19 information sources

Table 6 Information sources and community’s need for additional information on COVID-19

Information sources	Information need		COR	P-value	AOR	95% CI	P-value
Information sources	Yes	No	COR	P-value	AOR	95% CI	P-value
Radio
Yes	318	166	1.82	0.002	1.28	0.85, 1.93	0.239
No	77	73	1		1
Relatives
Yes	98	45	1.42	0.082	1.14	0.73, 1.77	0.577
No	297	194	1		1
Church
Yes	131	28	3.74	< 0.001	3.24	2.03, 5.19	< 0.001*
No	264	211	1		1
Television
Yes	197	169	1		1
No	198	70	2.43	< 0.001	2.39	1.63, 3.49	< 0.001*
Health professionals
Yes	9	1	5.55	0.105	3.13	0.34, 29.17	0.316
No	386	238	1		1
Social media
Yes	58	11	3.57	< 0.001	4.52	2.26, 9.04	< 0.001*
No	337	228	1		1
Mobile texting
Yes	84	60	1	0.264
No	311	179	1.24
Megaphone
Yes	94	49	1.21	0.336
No	301	190	1
Newspaper
Yes	16	4	2.48	0.108	2.09	0.62, 7.04	0.233
No	379	235	1		1

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