Developing the personal protective equipment comfort scale

The Impact of Personal Protective Equipment on Cognitive and Emotional Aspects of Health Care Work

“…There has been some recent progress in this area, with research into the development of a PPE comfort scale. 30 This validated scale assesses the physical, psychological, and functional comfort of health professionals with PPE use and has also demonstrated significant concerns of PPE effects on employee health and performance. 30 This study has identified mostly negative impacts of PPE use on health professionals' cognitive and emotional state.…”

“…30 This validated scale assesses the physical, psychological, and functional comfort of health professionals with PPE use and has also demonstrated significant concerns of PPE effects on employee health and performance. 30 This study has identified mostly negative impacts of PPE use on health professionals' cognitive and emotional state. The findings may therefore assist in informing subsequent testing and training of PPE design and guidelines accounting for the factors that most concern its wearers.…”

“…Work roles and flow may also need to be further considered to determine task variety and volume of patient-facing tasks and levels of PPE required. There has been some recent progress in this area, with research into the development of a PPE comfort scale 30 . This validated scale assesses the physical, psychological, and functional comfort of health professionals with PPE use and has also demonstrated significant concerns of PPE effects on employee health and performance 30 …”