Compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures, symptoms and testing among Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Colombia, 2020
| Variable | Bogotá | Norte de Santander | ||||
| Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | |||||
| Median number of people outside household in close contact (<2 m) on previous day | 1 (4) | 2 (4) | ||||
| Variable | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI |
| Experienced difficulties complying with physical distancing measures | ||||||
| No difficulty | 269 | 88.7 | (78.9 to 98.6) | 248 | 85.5 | (79.4 to 91.6) |
| Some difficulty | 21 | 7.6 | (0.0 to 17.6) | 33 | 8.5 | (4.3 to 12.6) |
| A lot of difficulty | 14 | 3.7 | (0.0 to 10.7) | 19 | 6 | (1.4 to 10.7) |
| Actions taken in response to COVID-19 | ||||||
| Washing hands regularly | 301 | 99.5 | (98.9 to 100) | 297 | 99.7 | (99.3 to 100) |
| Keeping distance from sick people | 301 | 98 | (95.4 to 100) | 293 | 97.7 | (94.5 to 100) |
| Keeping physical distance from anyone that is not a member of your household | 280 | 94.4 | (91.1 to 97.6) | 261 | 89.3 | (83.7 to 94.9) |
| Stopped going to social gatherings | 293 | 95.3 | (91.7 to 98.9) | 278 | 95.4 | (92.6 to 98.2) |
| Wearing a face mask | 293 | 94.1 | (89.7 to 98.4) | 293 | 97 | (93.6 to 100) |
| Changing/cancelling travel plans | 265 | 85.9 | (79.4 to 92.4) | 252 | 78.9 | (71.3 to 86.4) |
| Other | 36 | 10.4 | (5.1 to 15.8) | 49 | 14.2 | (8.6 to 19.8) |
| None of the above | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| Symptoms experienced in last 2 weeks | ||||||
| Fever | 3 | 1.9 | (0.0 to 4.5) | 5 | 1.3 | (0.0 to 3.0) |
| Dry cough | 11 | 6.1 | (1.3 to 10.8) | 3 | 1.7 | (0.0 to 4.4) |
| Tiredness | 22 | 6.9 | (3.0 to 10.8) | 20 | 7.2 | (2.5 to 11.8) |
| Shortness of breath | 7 | 2.4 | (0.0 to 5.0) | 7 | 1.2 | (0.1 to 2.4) |
| Decreased or loss of smell and/or taste | 6 | 2.5 | (0.0 to 5.0) | 8 | 3.8 | (0.3 to 7.3) |
| Other flu-like symptoms | 16 | 4.5 | (1.4 to 7.6) | 12 | 4 | (0.3 to 7.7) |
| None of the above | 261 | 85.5 | (79.5 to 91.6) | 263 | 85.6 | (79.1 to 92.0) |
| Reported at least one symptom | 44 | 14.5 | (9.4 to 21.6) | 37 | 14.4 | (9.0 to 22.5) |
| Directly connected to someone with symptom | 11 | 4.6 | (2.2 to 9.5) | 4 | 2.4 | (0.6 to 8.9) |
| Indirectly connected (one degree removed) with someone with symptom | 3 | 1.3 | (0.3 to 5.5) | 5 | 0.9 | (0.3 to 3.0) |
| Ever tested for COVID-19 | ||||||
| Yes | 24 | 8.4 | (2.6 to 14.2) | 24 | 7.5 | (2.3 to 12.6) |
| No | 281 | 91.6 | (85.8 to 97.4) | 276 | 92.5 | (87.4 to 97.7) |
| Self-reported result of COVID-19 test among those tested (n=24) | ||||||
| Positive | 7 | 39.8 | (11.9 to 67.7) | 0 | – | – |
| Negative | 15 | 56.5 | (29.3 to 83.7) | 23 | 99 | (95.6 to 100) |
| Inconclusive | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0.9 | (0.0 to 4.4) |
| Results not received | 2 | 3.7 | (0.0 to 9.3) | 0 | – | – |
| Directly connected to someone who reported positive COVID-19 test or had symptoms | 3 | 0.3 | (0.1 to 1.1) | 0 | – | – |
Tables do not present results for the response options ‘don’t know’ and ‘prefer not to answer’ and thus the sum of the n for response options of any given variable may not add up to the full study size.