Household disinfection practices by women living in Egypt during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and the association of information sources and suspected bleach toxicity

Table 1 Correlation between primary source(s) for obtaining information to use disinfectants and development of symptoms of bleach toxicity

	Any symptom	Eye symptoms	Skin symptoms	Respiratory symptoms	Digestive symptoms
Primary Source(s) of Information	(n = 452)	(n = 452)	(n = 452)	(n = 452)	(n = 452)
CDC or WHO website
Correlation coefficient	0.0024	-0.0545	-0.0517	0.0036	-0.0294
p-value	0.959	0.248	0.272	0.939	0.534
TV or satellite program
Correlation coefficient	0.0549	0.0709	0.0873	0.0277	0.0154
p-value	0.244	0.132	0.064	0.558	0.745
Social media
Correlation coefficient	0.0771	0.017	0.0515	0.1032	0.0442
p-value	0.102	0.718	0.274	0.028*	0.349
Physician, pharmacist, nurses
Correlation coefficient	-0.0058	0.0239	0.0156	-0.0132	-0.0038
p-value	0.902	0.613	0.741	0.780	0.935
Relative and friend
Correlation coefficient	0.0985	0.0194	0.0782	0.1057	0.049
p-value	0.036*	0.681	0.097	0.025*	0.298

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