Risk Awareness to COVID-19 and Wear Behavior of Protective Masks between Adults and Adolescent Living in Seoul and Gyunggi Province

Kwon, Ju Youn; Lim, Gi Hyun; kimseunghyun,; Shin, Hyun-Jae; Lee, Joo Young

doi:10.7856/kjcls.2020.31.3.335

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“…However, as wearing a mask became a government-compulsive strategy, daily mask-wearing increased related discomfort in various aspects. Our results are consistent with those of previous studies, which have reported eyeglass fogging, moisture, and skin and makeup problems as the causes of discomfort [ 32 , 45 , 47 ], along with shortness of breath, difficulty speaking, ear pain, and movement of the mask while speaking [ 47 ]. In particular, 82.7% of the respondents in this study used KF-94 masks, a high-performance filter that caused difficulty breathing [ 45 ].…”

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Mask-Wearing Behaviors after Two Years of Wearing Masks Due to COVID-19 in Korea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Kwon

Yang

2022

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In Korea, wearing masks in public places has become the norm during the prolonged coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This cross-sectional study investigated the mask-wearing behavior of Koreans (n = 433) via online mode living in Seoul and Gwangju after wearing a mask in public spaces for two years due to COVID-19. The respondents selected their face masks based on season, gender, age, occupation, mask-wearing hours, mask filter performance, mask shape, and mask color. The general discomfort caused by wearing a mask was divided into physical and speech discomfort, and it was not correlated with anxiety when not wearing a face mask. Speech discomfort caused by wearing a mask was correlated with general discomfort, clear speech, vocal pain, anxiety, and only-indoor mask-off plans. Anxiety when not wearing a mask appeared to affect both indoor and outdoor mask-off plans. The more uncomfortable and less anxious respondents were when not wearing a mask, the sooner they wanted to discontinue wearing masks indoors and outdoors. It is expected that the use of masks will continue in the future and that there may be differences in the place and time of use of masks in Korea and around the world due to new infectious diseases and fine dust. Facial masks can be worn more comfortably and conveniently if the discomfort and anxiety of wearing a mask are improved by considering various behaviors when wearing a mask in the future.

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