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Table 3 Multivariate analysis of issues predicting mask-wearing behaviours among participants

From: Towards prevention of new COVID-19 infections in institutions of higher education: factors influencing compliance with mask-wearing among public university students in Ghana

 

Risk of non-compliance

 

OR

95% CI

The nose masks do not last long but are expensive

0.70

0.57, 0.86

It is boring to put on a nose mask after wearing nice makeup or having a nice haircut

1.71

1.37, 2.14

I have to remove the mask anytime I want to talk and I find that burdensome

1.26

1.01, 1.57

Sometimes I cannot hear colleagues talking when I am masked

1.36

1.04, 1.79

I find it difficult to talk for my colleagues to hear even when they are close to me

1.16

0.93, 1.45