Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T135 |
0-89 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We enquired about the medications that they were taking for prophylaxis against COVID-19. |
T136 |
90-193 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Eighty-one patients (21.3%) took hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis as per India's national guidelines [7]. |
T137 |
194-296 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Some of the participants (30.3%) used alternative medicines as prophylaxis against COVID-19 (Table 4). |
T138 |
297-438 |
Sentence |
denotes |
These traditional medicines are used for ages in this part of the world for their possible role in promoting immunity against infections [8]. |
T139 |
439-626 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The use of hydroxychloroquine was not found to be protective (p=0.059), while the alternative medicines have shown to be protective against COVID-19 (p=0.002) while used prophylactically. |
T140 |
627-836 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Only sixty-seven of the participants (17.7%) followed social distancing of six feet or more at more than 90% of occasions, and 61.5% of the patients followed the same at 50% or less of the occasions (Table 4). |
T141 |
837-1016 |
Sentence |
denotes |
When inquired about hand hygiene practices, 144 (37.9%) of respondents performed hand washing (either with alcohol-based hand rub or soap water) once in every 2-3 hours intervals. |
T142 |
1017-1098 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The appropriate duration of handwashing was ensured by only 118 (31.1%) patients. |
T143 |
1099-1235 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Almost all of the participants used N-95 masks routinely, but only 86 (22.6%) used their masks after an appropriate fit check (Table 4). |
T144 |
1236-1508 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We observed that maintaining social distancing of six feet or more, practicing hand hygiene, ensuring proper duration of handwashing, and adhering to N-95 mask fit checks were statistically significant (p<0.001) with the prevention of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection. |