Table 4 Logistic regression of factors associated with high fear score (≥ 18) among the studied participants

 > 50 Age class

0.291

0.169

2.976

0.085 NS

1.338

0.961

1.862

Female Sex

0.326

0.191

2.902

0.088 NS

1.385

0.952

2.016

Married

0.403

0.201

4.714

0.030*

1.514

1.042

2.211

Rural residence

0.494

0.187

6.942

0.008*

1.638

1.135

2.365

Not working non-medical

0.527

0.165

10.233

0.001*

1.693

1.226

2.338

Before university education

1.187

0.686

2.993

0.084 NS

3.277

0.854

12.577

Had Comorbid

0.268

0.176

2.318

0.128 NS

1.307

0.926

1.846

Had Psych

0.139

0.166

0.709

0.400 NS

1.150

0.831

1.591

Drug Abuse

-0.564

0.448

1.585

0.208 NS

0.569

0.236

1.369

Smoking

0.095

0.261

0.132

0.716 NS

1.099

0.659

1.834

Had a relative with + Ve infection

0.124

0.188

0.437

0.509 NS

1.132

0.783

1.637

Not satisfied with personal information

0.498

0.154

10.511

0.001**

1.646

1.218

2.225

Not satisfied with governmental precautions

-0.125

0.177

0.499

0.480 NS

0.882

0.624

1.249

Low perceived Sus

-0.364

0.150

5.861

0.015*

0.695

0.518

0.933

High perceived severity

1.170

0.152

59.616

 < 0.001**

3.222

2.394

4.337

Hand hygiene benefit

-0.030

0.171

0.030

0.863

0.971

0.694

1.358

Social distance benefit

0.763

0.174

19.211

 < 0.001**

2.144

1.524

3.015

Had barriers of hand hygiene

-0.076

0.153

0.248

0.618 NS

0.927

0.687

1.250

Had barriers to social distance

0.203

0.153

1.747

0.186 NS

1.225

0.907

1.655

Inefficient self-efficacy

0.191

0.153

1.560

0.212 NS

1.210

0.897

1.632

High Extravasation

0.196

0.169

1.355

0.244 NS

1.217

0.874

1.693

High neuroticism

0.796

0.163

23.851

 < 0.001**

2.217

1.610

3.051

High Agreeableness

-0.550

0.550

1.001

0.317 NS

0.577

0.196

1.694

High Openness

-0.022

0.235

0.009

0.924 NS

0.978

0.617

1.549

High Conscientiousness

-0.547

0.256

4.585

0.032*

0.579

0.351

0.955