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Community practice of using face masks for the prevention of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

Al Naam, Yaser A ; Elsafi, Salah H ; Alkharraz, Zeyad S ; Alfahad, Othman A ; Al-Jubran, Khalid M ; Al Zahrani, Eidan M Mukherjee, Amitava

PloS one, 2021-02, Vol.16 (2), p.e0247313-e0247313 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: Public Library of Science

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Community practice of using face masks for the prevention of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia
Autor: Al Naam, Yaser A ; Elsafi, Salah H ; Alkharraz, Zeyad S ; Alfahad, Othman A ; Al-Jubran, Khalid M ; Al Zahrani, Eidan M
Mukherjee, Amitava
Assuntos: Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Biology and Life Sciences ; Care and treatment ; Cloth ; Control ; Coronaviruses ; COVID-19 ; COVID-19 - epidemiology ; COVID-19 - prevention & control ; COVID-19 - transmission ; Epidemics ; Face ; Fatalities ; Female ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Infection control ; Male ; Masks ; Medicine and Health Sciences ; Methods ; Middle Aged ; Pandemics ; Perceptions ; Prevention ; Public health ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Saudi Arabia ; Saudi Arabia - epidemiology ; Social Media ; Social Sciences ; Surveys and Questionnaires
É parte de: PloS one, 2021-02, Vol.16 (2), p.e0247313-e0247313
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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Descrição: Community face masking is possibly of great value in reducing COVID-19 transmission, especially when universally adopted with high compliance. The aim of this study is to investigate the knowledge, common misconceptions, barriers, and the compliance of the community with the use of face masks for the prevention of COVID-19. A validated questionnaire was administered to the participants through a web link by using various social media. The collected data were statistically analyzed for significant differences according to demographic variables. The average knowledge of face masks and their role in preventing COVID-19 transmission was 95.64%, with no differences among most of the demographical factors. Older groups and females demonstrated a better attitude towards wearing face masks than other groups did (p<0.001). Another significant difference in the participant's attitude was noticed between the various educational levels, employment, and nationality (p<0.001). Of the total respondents, 88.2% encouraged wearing face masks. Misconceptions about wearing face masks were very low. The frequency of wearing face masks at public places, workplaces, or social gatherings was 87.2%, 80.5%, and 47.5% respectively. There was a significant variation in the compliance with wearing face masks between the various groups based on age, gender, nationality, and employment status (p<0.001). The inconvenience in wearing face masks was reported by 36.3%. Face irritation and ear pain were reported by 70.2% and 43.5%, respectively. The inconvenience of wearing face masks with eyeglasses was reported by 44.3% of those wearing eyeglasses. In general, the study demonstrated a good attitude among participants towards wearing face masks. Although the respondents in the study were aware of the benefits of wearing face masks, the barriers may have decreased their desire to do so. These barriers include difficulty in breathing, discomfort, face irritation, and ear pain.
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Community practice of using face masks for the prevention of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

Al Naam, Yaser A ; Elsafi, Salah H ; Alkharraz, Zeyad S ; Alfahad, Othman A ; Al-Jubran, Khalid M ; Al Zahrani, Eidan M Mukherjee, Amitava

United States: Public Library of Science

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