Table 3 Usage of other people’s personal items and the frequency of influenza-like illness adults in Saudi Arabia
From: Do various personal hygiene habits protect us against influenza-like illness?
Personal Belongings | Frequency of influenza-like illness in the past 4 weeks n 2082 (%) | OR | 95% Conf. Interval | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1–3** | > 3** | |||
Other people’s towel | ||||
 Never | 11 (5.6) | 26 (5.2) | REF |  |
 Rarely | 42 (21.5) | 91 (18.3) | 0.92 | 0.41–2.03 |
 Sometimes | 33 (16.9) | 91 (18.3) | 1.17 | 0.52–2.62 |
 Always | 109 (55.9) | 288 (58.1) | 1.21 | 0.53–2.34 |
Other people’s spoon | ||||
 Never | 11 (5.6) | 29 (5.8) | REF |  |
 Rarely | 34 (17.3) | 97 (19.4) | 0.92 | 0.42–2.05 |
 Sometimes | 38 (19.3) | 93 (18.6) | 0.86 | 0.50–1.48 |
 Always | 114 (57.9) | 281 (56.2) | 0.86 | 0.55–1.35 |
Other people’s Habli Babli (shisha) | ||||
 Never | 17 (8.9) | 33 (6.7) | REF |  |
 Rarely | 25 (13.0) | 49 (9.9) | 1 | 0.47–2.15 |
 Sometimes | 16 (8.3) | 25 (5.0) | 0.8 | 0.34–1.9 |
 Always | 134 (69.8) | 389 (78.4) | 1.5 | 0.81–2.77 |
Other people’s straw | ||||
 Never | 3 (1.6) | 7 (1.4) | REF |  |
 Rarely | 25 (13.0) | 70 (14.1) | 1.2 | 0.28–5.0 |
 Sometimes | 33 (17.1) | 56 (11.3) | 0.73 | 0.18–3.0 |
 Always | 132 (68.4) | 364 (73.2) | 1.18 | 0.3–4.6 |
Other people’s used glass | ||||
 Never | 33 (16.5) | 59 (11.6) | REF |  |
 Rarely | 64 (32.0) | 176 (34.6) | 1.54 | 0.92–2.57 |
 Sometimes | 44 (22.0) | 108 (21.2) | 1.37 | 0.79–2.38 |
 Always | 59 (29.5) | 166 (32.6) | 1.57 | 0.94–2.65 |