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Table 3 Mean likelihood and worry scores* for 12 health threats occurring while travelling internationally or in Australia, all student participants (N = 1663)

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

Travel threat

Likelihood

Worry

 

Travelling

Australia

Pvalue†

Travelling

Australia

Pvalue†

Illness from consuming contaminated food or water

3.18

1.84

< 0.001

2.95

1.82

< 0.001

Excessive sun exposure

3.17

3.58

< 0.001

2.48

2.88

< 0.001

Infection spread by coughing and sneezing (e.g. influenza, TB)

3.10

2.97

< 0.001

2.63

2.39

< 0.001

Robbery or assault

2.72

2.46

< 0.001

2.97

2.53

< 0.001

Infection transmitted through the bite of an insect (e.g. mosquito, tick)

2.66

1.92

< 0.001

2.47

1.85

< 0.001

Motor vehicle accident (e.g. as a pedestrian, bike, or in a vehicle)

2.56

2.58

0.30

2.62

2.56

0.02

Natural disaster (e.g. hurricane, flood, tsunami)

1.99

1.71

< 0.001

2.21

1.74

< 0.001

Dengue

1.86

1.42

< 0.001

1.87

1.51

< 0.001

Hepatitis A

1.72

1.51

< 0.001

1.83

1.57

< 0.001

Hepatitis B

1.71

1.52

< 0.001

1.86

1.60

< 0.001

Measles

1.58

1.49

< 0.001

1.66

1.49

< 0.001

Sexually transmitted infection (e.g. gonorrhoea, Chlamydia)

1.56

1.72

< 0.001

1.81

1.77

0.06

  1. * mean score from a scale of 1 = not at all and 5 = very likely/worried
  2. † P value for a paired samples t-test