Knowledge and awareness regarding facemasks among medical professionals in a COVID dedicated hospital – Time for introspection and system strengthening.
Abstract Background- There is a limited literature especially in India on the awareness regarding facemasks among medical professionals. Therefore the aim of the study is to assess the awareness, practices followed and problems faced in using different types of facemasks among medical professionals in a COVID dedicated hospital.Methodology- An e-survey via was conducted among medical professionals working in a tertiary care (COVID dedicated) hospital of North-India. The survey asked for the general demographic details, knowledge and awareness on facemask use, quality and various problems faced on regular or prolonged use, sanitization / disposal and recommendations to infected and non- infected people in community. Results- Survey was sent to around 368 medical professionals out of which a total of 150 participants completed the survey giving an overall response rate of 40.8%. The mean score was 9.8 +/- 2.375 out of 21 giving an overall correct rate of 46.67%. 38% and 31.33% participants knew the correct recommendations of facemasks to infected and non-infected people in the community respectively, Only 4.67% knew the correct sanitization procedures, 84% and 69.33% participants reported problems of discomfort on face and sweat issues respectively while 48.7% of the population felt some amount of breathlessness within 1-3 hours with N-95/FFP2 masks. Discussion- Awareness in this part of the world was low as compared to the western compared to countries (46.67%) which increases significantly with years of experience(p<0.001), however no such correlation of knowledge score with discipline of medical professionals was found. Since, it is the young medical force which is at the forefront to tackle the menace, therefore, institute should provide regular training and knowledge up gradation about the facemasks and adequate and accurate information needs to be disseminated to younger medical professionals via social media to prevent them from the risk of infection..
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ResearchSquare.com - (2021) vom: 07. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021 |
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Aggarwal, Sulakshna [VerfasserIn] |
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10.21203/rs.3.rs-354540/v1 |
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