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Table 7 Information trust of the community and the need for additional information on COVID-19

From: An analysis of COVID-19 information sources

Information trust

Information need

COR

P-value

AOR

95% CI

P-value

 

Yes

No

     

Government

       

 Yes

265

139

1.47

0.024

1.41

1.00, 1.99

0.050

 No

130

100

1

 

1

  

Health professional

       

 Yes

229

116

1.46

0.021

1.38

0.99, 1.94

0.060

 No

166

123

1

 

1

  

Social media

       

 Yes

113

35

2.34

 < 0.001

2.52

1.64, 3.87

 < 0.001*

 No

282

204

1

 

1

  

Religious leaders

       

 Yes

98

38

1.75

0.009

1.38

0.89. 2.13

0.152

 No

297

201

1

 

1

  

Friends/relatives

       

 Yes

54

12

3.00

0.001

2.95

1.51, 5.76

0.002*

 No

341

227

1

 

1

  

Traditional medicine practitioners

       

 Yes

10

6

1.01

0.987

   

 No

385

233

1

    
  1. AOR adjusted odd ratio, CI confidence interval, COR crude odd ration
  2. *Statistically significant at P-value of < 0.05