Life in a time of COVID: a mixed method study of the changes in lifestyle, mental and psychosocial health during and after lockdown in Western Australians

Table 11 Most frequent reported responses to open-ended questions about health promotion campaigns

	Persons (%)	Increase (%)	Decrease (%)	x²	d
Recall of health promotion campaigns (411)
Washing hands	51.7
Social distancing	39.6
By change in physical activity		52.4	31.6	4.96*	0.41
By change in daily alcohol consumption		36.0	66.7	4.86*	0.48
By change in number of standard drinks per day		29.2	57.9	6.03*	0.62
Can’t recall any	23.5
Mental health	13.9
Coughing into elbow	9.6
Personal changes in behaviour (353)
No change in behaviour	38.2
By change in stress levels (DASS-21)		33.3	66.7	4.50*	0.32
Washed hands properly	33.6
Socially distanced	33.2
By change in physical activity		44.7	21.6	6.46*	0.49
By change in number of standard drinks per day		22.7	54.5	7.77*	0.72
Used sanitizer	18.2
Coughed into elbow	5.0
Suggestions for future safety or health promotion campaigns (244)
No need for anything different	30.5
Better access to timely WA specific information	20.0
More about how to maintain physical, nutritional, and mental well-being	15.2
By change in grain consumption		22.0	0.0	4.66*	0.59
Clearer direction as to when and where to wear masks	12.9

Note. Percentages (%) are based on multiple responses rather than persons. The total number of responses (n) for each aspect are provided in brackets. * = p-value < 0.05; x² = Chi Square statistic; d = Cohen’s D

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