Changes in residents’ hygiene awareness and behaviors in public toilets before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hangzhou, China: a two-round cross-sectional study

Table 4 Changes in risk perceptions of using public toilets among the respondents (n = 626)

	Round 1	Round 2	χ² test	Multivariable logistic regression
	Agree n(%)	Agree n(%)	p	Adjusted odds ratio (95 CI%)^a	p
Toilet hygiene has no direct relationship with infectious diseases	170(55.0)	145(46.2)	0.027	0.67(0.49,0.93)	0.016
Worried about getting infected in the public toilet	217(69.8)	251(79.9)	0.003	1.77(1.20,2.60)	0.004
Public toilet is a breeding ground for infectious agents	188(60.8)	213(67.8)	0.068	1.33(0.95,1.87)	0.096

^aReference group: Round 1; adjusted odds ratios adjusted for gender, marital status, age, education levels, and monthly household income levels

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