Table 3 Average values and one sample t-tests for frequency of mask use and dependent variables
From: How do face masks impact communication amongst deaf/HoH people?
Mean | SD | t | df | p | Cohen’s d | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
How often you wear a mask (1-never → 5-always) | 4.3 | 1.1 | 62.8 | 394 | < .001 | 4.11 |
How often your family members were masks (1-never → 5-always) | 2.3 | 1.4 | 18.5 | 395 | < .001 | 1.65 |
How often your deaf friends wear masks (1-never → 5-always) | 4.2 | 1.1 | 43.8 | 210 | < .001 | 3.97 |
How often your hearing friends wear masks (1-never → 5-always) | 4.4 | 0.9 | 58.2 | 252 | < .001 | 4.75 |
Amount of time communicating with people who wear masks (1- < 1 h a day → 4 - > 6 h a day) | 2.4 | 0.7 | 37.9 | 392 | < .001 | 3.32 |
Difficulty masks in general (1-very easy → 5-very difficult) | 4.6 | 0.6 | 112.0 | 393 | < .001 | 7.20 |
Difficulty masks professional settings (1-very easy → 5-very difficult) | 4.5 | 0.7 | 100.2 | 392 | < .001 | 6.51 |
Difficulty masks social (1-very easy → 5-very difficult) | 3.6 | 1.2 | 44.2 | 380 | < .001 | 3.13 |
Information missed (1-nothing → 5-a great deal) | 4.3 | 1.0 | 64.6 | 384 | < .001 | 4.31 |
Disconnection from society (1-not at all → 5-all of the time) | 3.8 | 1.6 | 36.3 | 391 | < .001 | 2.48 |
Others’ efforts to communicate (1-not at all → 5-a great deal) | 2.4 | 1.1 | 26.1 | 395 | < .001 | 2.24 |
Efficacy clear window masks (1-not at all → 5-a great deal) | 3.1 | 1.3 | 32.5 | 394 | < .001 | 2.43 |
Efficacy transparent face shields (1-not at all → 5-a great deal) | 3.6 | 1.1 | 45.9 | 393 | < .001 | 3.20 |