“…In line with our experience, some studies revealed that certain people in the general population appeared to repeatedly move their masks, touch them, or not to wear them when required due to multiple physiological and psychological sources of RPD-related discomfort, thereby decreasing infection prevention. For the same reasons, even HCWs, a category of people who are supposed to be well trained on this issue, were often found to be poorly compliant with RPDs ( Baig et al, 2010 ; Johnson, 2016 ; Wizner et al, 2018 ). Respiratory discomfort is a main complaint of RPD wearers, and it was found that approximately 30% of HCWs complained of breathing difficulties most of the time or always when wearing an N95 respirator.…”