Table 4 Impact of face mask use by other people on participation in specific activities in the community and the reported influence on participation (n = 328)
Activity | Reported influence on participation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N/A1 | More | The same | Less | |
Shop for medicines (n = 3272) | 11.3 | 3.4 | 69.1 | 16.2 |
Shop for essential items (n = 327) | 2.1 | 3.7 | 66.4 | 27.8 |
Medical appointments (n = 327) | 6.4 | 2.1 | 61.2 | 30.3 |
Health appointments (n = 325) | 14.5 | 2.8 | 46.8 | 36.0 |
Take away food (n = 327) | 7.6 | 11.3 | 41.6 | 39.4 |
Accessing services3 (n = 327) | 7.6 | 1.8 | 49.8 | 40.7 |
Exercising (n = 327) | 2.4 | 8.0 | 45.9 | 43.7 |
Non-health appointments (n = 326) | 11.3 | 3.1 | 37.7 | 47.9 |
Café/restaurant (n = 327) | 11.6 | 3.7 | 26.9 | 57.8 |
Non-essential shopping (n = 327) | 7.0 | 3.7 | 30.9 | 58.4 |
Planned socialising (n = 326) | 4.6 | 2.8 | 33.1 | 59.5 |
Incidental socialising (n = 326) | 4.0 | 3.7 | 19.3 | 73.0 |