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Table 2 Uptake of travel health precautions for any international travel in the past 12 months by enrolment status (N = 829)

From: Travel risk behaviours and uptake of pre-travel health preventions by university students in Australia

Health Precaution

All

N = 829 (%)

Domestic

N = 644 (%)

International

N = 185(%)

P-value*

OR (95%CI)

Sunscreen

567 (68.4)

466 (72.4)

101 (54.6)

< 0.001

2.18 (1.6-3.1)

Travel insurance

492 (59.3)

425 (66.0)

67 (36.2)

< 0.001

3.42 (2.4-4.8)

Pain medication (e.g. paracetamol or aspirin)

476 (54.7)

408 (63.4)

68 (36.8)

< 0.001

2.98 (2.1-4.2)

Avoided certain foods/tap water

443 (53.4)

386 (59.9)

57 (30.8)

< 0.001

3.36 (2.4-4.8)

First aid kit

696 (49.1)

347 (53.9)

60 (32.4)

< 0.001

2.43 (1.7-3.4)

Insect repellent

371 (44.8)

333 (51.7)

38 (20.5)

< 0.001

4.14 (2.8-6.1)

Vitamins (e.g. vitamin C or multivitamins)

292 (35.2)

200 (31.1)

92 (49.7)

< 0.001

0.46 (0.3-0.6)

Anti-diarrhoeal medication (e.g. Imodium)

237 (28.6)

207 (32.1)

30 (16.2)

< 0.001

2.45 (1.6-3.7)

Antibiotics

184 (22.2)

149 (23.1)

35 (18.9)

0.2

-

Condoms

159 (19.2)

137 (21.3)

22 (11.9)

0.004

2.00 (1.2-3.2)

Anti-malarial medication

106 (12.8)

98 (15.2)

8 (4.3)

< 0.001

3.97 (1.9-8.3)

Vaccination card (with previous travel and non-travel vaccines)

90 (10.9)

76 (11.8)

14 (7.6)

0.1

-

Water purification kit

37 (4.5)

33 (5.1)

4 (2.2)

0.09

-

None of the above

47 (5.7)

24 (3.7)

23 (12.4)

< 0.001

0.27 (0.2-0.5)

  1. * Pearson's Chi-square test