Face masks, respiratory patients and COVID-19

Soriano, Joan B.; Anzueto, Antonio; Anticevich, Sinthia Bosnic; Kaplan, Alan; Miravitlles, Marc; Usmani, Omar; Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G.; Puggioni, Francesca; Canonica, Giorgio Walter; Roche, Nicolás

doi:10.1183/13993003.03325-2020

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“…This situation is more likely to happen after vaccination ( 73 ). Consequently, given that herd immunity has not yet been formed, countries should take continuous measures to compel or motivate people to wear masks ( 82 ).…”

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Investigating the Links Between Vaccination Against COVID-19 and Public Attitudes Toward Protective Countermeasures: Implications for Public Health

Yao

Zhang

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is spreading globally at an unprecedented rate. To protect the world against this devastating catastrophe, vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 have been produced following consistent clinical trials. However, the durability of a protective immune response due to vaccination has not been confirmed. Moreover, COVID-19 vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 is not 100% guaranteed, as new variants arise due to mutations. Consequently, health officials are pleading with the public to take extra precautions against the virus and continue wearing masks, wash hands, and observe physical distancing even after vaccination. The current research collected data from 4,540 participants (1,825 vaccinated and 2,715 not vaccinated) in China to analyze this phenomenon empirically. The propensity score matching (PSM) model is employed to analyze the impact of vaccination against COVID-19 on participants' attitudes toward protective countermeasures. The findings showed that gender, age, education level, occupation risk, individual health risk perception, public health risk perception, social responsibility, peer effect, and government supervision are the main drivers for participants to be vaccinated with COVID-19's vaccines. The results further show that vaccination lessened participants' frequency of hand washing by 1.75 times and their compliance frequency intensity of observing physical distancing by 1.24 times. However, the rate of mask-wearing did not reduce significantly, implying that China's main countermeasure of effective mask-wearing effectively controls COVID-19. Moreover, the findings indicate that a reduction in the frequency of hand washing and observing physical distance could cause a resurgence of COVID-19. In conclusion, factors leading to the eradication of SARS-CoV-2 from the world are complex to be achieved, so the exploration of COVID-19 vaccination and people's attitude toward protective countermeasures may provide insights for policymakers to encourage vaccinated people to follow protective health measures and help in completely defeating the COVID-19 from the globe.

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Investigating the Links Between Vaccination Against COVID-19 and Public Attitudes Toward Protective Countermeasures: Implications for Public Health

Yao

Zhang

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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“…Wearing a facemask while performing activities of daily living or during outdoor physical activities quickly appeared to be difficulty tolerated in some people. Medical exemptions to the compulsory use of facemasks have even been applied to respiratory patients in some countries, although such exemption was not evidence-based [ 9 ]. However, studies reported that facemask was associated with discomfort and respiratory difficulties [ 10 , 11 ].…”

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Effects of surgical and cloth facemasks during a submaximal exercise test in healthy adults

Reychler

Straeten

Schalkwijk

et al. 2021

Respiratory Medicine

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Background Surgical (SM) or cloth facemasks (CM) has become mandatory in many public spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic. They may interfere with the participation in physical activities. Objective To evaluate how these masks influence dyspnoea (primary outcome), exercise performance and cardiorespiratory response during a 1-min sit-to-stand test (1STST), and to assess masks discomfort sensations. Methods A randomized crossover trial was conducted in healthy adults. They performed 3 1STST (with either no mask (NM), a SM, or a CM) separated from each other by 24–72 h. The number of 1STST repetitions and leg rate of perceived exertion (RPE) were measured. Dyspnoea (Borg scale), hearth rate, respiratory rate and SpO 2 were recorded before and at the end of 1STST, as well as after a short resting period. Several domains of subjective discomfort perceptions with masks were assessed. Results Twenty adults aged 22 ± 2y (11 males) were recruited. Wearing the CM generated significantly higher dyspnoea than NM at all time points, but it only became clinically relevant after the 1STST (median difference, 1 [95%CI 0 to 1]). The SM generated a small but significant higher leg RPE than NM (median difference, 1 [95%CI 0 to 1]). The masks had no impact on 1STST performance nor cardiorespiratory parameters. Both masks were rated similarly for discomfort perceptions except for breathing resistance where CM was rated higher. Conclusions In healthy adults, the CM and SM had minimal to no impact on dyspnoea, cardiorespiratory parameters, and exercise performance during a short submaximal exercise test.

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“…Conversely, it should also be kept in mind that dyspnoea is a subjective feeling and patients with respiratory diseases may be subconsciously biased against masks. 6 This study should not be misinterpreted as implying face masks should not be used in patients with CTD-ILD.…”

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Effects of face masks on oxygen saturation and functional measures in patients with connective tissue disorder-associated interstitial lung disease

Vijayan¹,

Ahmed

Joseph³

et al. 2021

Ann Rheum Dis

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Face masks, respiratory patients and COVID-19

Cited by 28 publications

References 7 publications

Investigating the Links Between Vaccination Against COVID-19 and Public Attitudes Toward Protective Countermeasures: Implications for Public Health

Investigating the Links Between Vaccination Against COVID-19 and Public Attitudes Toward Protective Countermeasures: Implications for Public Health

Effects of surgical and cloth facemasks during a submaximal exercise test in healthy adults

Effects of face masks on oxygen saturation and functional measures in patients with connective tissue disorder-associated interstitial lung disease

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