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Table 2 Beliefs associated with reporting travel history to high-risk epidemic regions (n = 1344)

From: Willingness and beliefs associated with reporting travel history to high-risk coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic regions among the Chinese public: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

N (%)

Willingness to report travel history to high-risk epidemic regions

p-value

Not report (n = 91)

Report (n = 1253)

Travel history has an impact on contracting COVID-19

   

0.199

 Disagree

228 (16.96)

11 (4.82)

217 (95.18)

 

 Agree

1116 (83.04)

80 (7.17)

1036 (92.83)

 

Reporting can confirm whether I contracted COVID-19 earlier

   

0.000**

 Disagree

225 (16.74)

67 (29.78)

158 (70.22)

 

 Agree

1119 (83.26)

24 (2.14)

1095 (97.86)

 

Reporting can help discover earlier potential patients infected by coming in contact with me

   

0.000**

 Disagree

173 (12.87)

64 (36.99)

109 (63.01)

 

 Agree

1171 (87.13)

27 (2.31)

1144 (97.69)

 

Reporting makes me feel stigma

   

0.000**

 Disagree

572 (42.56)

59 (10.31)

513 (89.69)

 

 Agree

772 (57.44)

32 (4.15)

740 (95.85)

 

Reporting would lead to great expenses for follow-up tests or treatment

   

0.658

 Disagree

1158 (86.16)

77 (6.65)

1081 (93.35)

 

 Agree

186 (13.84)

14 (7.53)

172 (92.47)

 

I don’t know how to submit a report

   

0.355

 Disagree

1111 (82.66)

72 (6.48)

1039 (93.52)

 

 Agree

233 (17.34)

19 (8.15)

214 (91.85)

 

Reporting is very inconvenient

   

0.839

 Disagree

1233 (91.74)

84 (6.81)

1149 (93.19)

 

 Agree

111 (8.26)

7 (6.31)

104 (93.69)

 

I’m afraid that reporting may lead to my quarantine

   

0.000**

 Disagree

1265 (94.12)

23 (1.82)

1242 (98.18)

 

 Agree

79 (5.88)

68 (86.08)

11 (13.92)

 

Withholding travel history to high-risk epidemic regions will result in legal liability

   

0.000**

 Disagree

322 (23.96)

70 (21.74)

252 (78.26)

 

 Agree

1022 (76.04)

21 (2.05)

1001 (97.95)

 
  1. **P < 0.01; *P < 0.05