Data Analysis
infection
REGRESSION, INFECTION
SPSS Version 27 was used to carry out the data analysis. We carried out independent t-tests and Pearson Chi-square analyses to assess whether there were significant differences in the background of the participants in the two conditions. The study hypotheses were that subjects exposed to the COVID-19 material would have: (1) greater knowledge, (2) more realistic attitudes and (3) safer behaviors than control subjects. To test these hypotheses, data were collected at baseline and 1 month later. A 2 × 2 mixed design analysis of variance was carried out in which the between-subjects factor was the intervention (audio-visual novela, La CLAve) and the within-subjects factor was time (Baseline, Month 1). We conducted these analyses separately for knowledge of COVID, beliefs about infection, beliefs about safety behavior, engagement in safety behaviors, and the likelihood of obtaining vaccination when available. Finally, we carried out exploratory regression analyses to further understand the key finding.There were five participants who did not return for the month 1 follow-up, three in the audio-visual novela condition and two in the La CLAve condition. Those five participants were dropped from the main analyses.This study was reviewed and approved by the UCLA Institutional Review Board and the Human Subjects Research Committee of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.