Recreational behaviour, risk perceptions, and protective practices against ticks: a cross-sectional comparative study before and during the lockdown enforced by the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania

Table. 6 Results of t-tests analysing the frequency of using protective methods against ticks before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in Romania

Protective methods used against ticks	Before		During		t-test
Protective methods used against ticks	M	SD	M	SD	t-test
Commercial repellents	0.798	0.88	0.478	0.793	8.215***
Light-coloured clothing	0.641	0.913	0.507	0.764	4.198***
Pants tucked into long socks	0.709	0.935	0.568	0.912	4.015***
Avoiding reported tick areas	1.04	0.967	0.848	1.045	4.598***
Body check	1.498	1.116	1.262	1.170	5.020***
Bathing/showering to observe ticks	1.546	1.078	1.286	1.145	5.749***

M, mean; SD, standard deviation. Asterisks indicate significant differences between values ***P ≤ 0.001

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