TY - JOUR
T1 - Práctica del uso de máscaras entre profesionales de enfermería en brasil en la pandemia del covid-19
AU - Pereira-ávila, Fernanda Maria Vieira
AU - Junior, Adijalme Martins
AU - Sousa, Laelson Rochelle Milanês
AU - Moll, Marciana Fernandes
AU - Galvão, Marli Teresinha Gimeniz
AU - Toffano, Silmara Elaine Malaguti
AU - Lam, Simon Ching
N1 - Funding Information:
The author Fernanda Maria Vieira Pereira-?vila received financial support for the research-Call No 07/2020-MCTIC/CNPq/FNDCT/MS/SCTIE/Decit: Research to fight against COVID-19, its consequences and other severe acute respiratory syndromes) ? Process No: 401371/2020-4.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Objective: to assess the use of masks among Brazilian nursing workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: cross-sectional study addressing nursing workers between March and May 2020. Data were collected online using a form addressing demographic variables and the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Face Mask Use Scale (FMUS-PB). Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, central tendency and dispersion measures, Student’s t-test, and analysis of variance. Results: a total of 3,294 workers participated; most were nurses (85.9%), women (90.2%), lived in the southeast (36.9%), and had had contact with the COVID-19 (77.8%). The participants reported using masks in public places and at work (63.1% and 78.8%, respectively). However, only 25.8% wore masks at home. Individuals aged between 35 and 45 (p=0.002) living in the south (p<0.001) reported more frequent use of masks. Nursing technicians (p<0.001), aged ≥ 45 (p<0.001), living in the south (p<0.001), scored higher in the use of masks for self-protection and to protect others (p=0.002). Prior contact with COVID-19 resulted in the more frequent use of masks for self-protection and to protect others (p<0.001). Conclusion: the use of masks by nursing workers in public places and health settings was more frequent than at home. Additionally, masks were more frequently use for self-protection than to protect others. These results show a need to promote cultural changes toward masks for personal protection and within the family and social contexts.
AB - Objective: to assess the use of masks among Brazilian nursing workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: cross-sectional study addressing nursing workers between March and May 2020. Data were collected online using a form addressing demographic variables and the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Face Mask Use Scale (FMUS-PB). Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, central tendency and dispersion measures, Student’s t-test, and analysis of variance. Results: a total of 3,294 workers participated; most were nurses (85.9%), women (90.2%), lived in the southeast (36.9%), and had had contact with the COVID-19 (77.8%). The participants reported using masks in public places and at work (63.1% and 78.8%, respectively). However, only 25.8% wore masks at home. Individuals aged between 35 and 45 (p=0.002) living in the south (p<0.001) reported more frequent use of masks. Nursing technicians (p<0.001), aged ≥ 45 (p<0.001), living in the south (p<0.001), scored higher in the use of masks for self-protection and to protect others (p=0.002). Prior contact with COVID-19 resulted in the more frequent use of masks for self-protection and to protect others (p<0.001). Conclusion: the use of masks by nursing workers in public places and health settings was more frequent than at home. Additionally, masks were more frequently use for self-protection than to protect others. These results show a need to promote cultural changes toward masks for personal protection and within the family and social contexts.
KW - Coronavirus
KW - Infection control
KW - Masks
KW - Nursing team
KW - Pandemics
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U2 - 10.1590/1980-265X-TCE-2020-0502
DO - 10.1590/1980-265X-TCE-2020-0502
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85109003154
SN - 0104-0707
VL - 30
JO - Texto e Contexto Enfermagem
JF - Texto e Contexto Enfermagem
M1 - e20200502
ER -