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ArticleNursing & health sciences2021

Factors that affect the duration of wearing disposable personal protective equipment by healthcare professionals in Wuhan during treatment of COVID-19 patients: An epidemiological study.

Fanglin Li, Tongtong Jiang, Tieying Shi, Yongning Liu, Xiumei Liu, Guojun Xu, Yu Liu, Yajie Shi

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Article in Nursing & health sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Fanglin LiDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China.
Tongtong JiangDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China.
Tieying ShiDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8599-3587
Yongning LiuDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China.
Xiumei LiuDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China.
Guojun XuDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China.
Yu LiuDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China.
Yajie ShiDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China.
Dalian Medical University · CNChiba University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study of healthcare workers who cared for COVID-19 patients was to identify factors that affected the duration of wearing personal protective equipment (PPE). The results of this study will provide initial guidance to practicing clinicians and a foundation for further research on this topic. This cross-sectional study examined 139 frontline healthcare professionals who worked at a single hospital in Wuhan, China, from March 16 to April 1, 2020. General and demographic data, physical and mental status, use of personal protective equipment, type of hospital work, and duration of wearing personal protective equipment were recorded. The mean duration of wearing personal protective equipment was 194.17 min (standard deviation: 3.71). Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that the duration of wearing personal protective equipment was significantly associated with the presence of a chronic disease, working hours when feeling discomfort, lack of patient cooperation and subsequent psychological pressure, prolonged continuous wearing of personal protective equipment, feeling anxious about physical strength, and the presence of fatigue when wearing personal protective equipment. These factors should be considered by practicing healthcare professionals and in future studies that examine the optimal duration of wearing personal protective equipment.

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AdultAttitude of Health PersonnelChinaCOVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesDisposable EquipmentEpidemiologic StudiesFemaleHealth PersonnelHumansMalePandemicsPersonal Protective EquipmentSARS-CoV-2Surveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsChinacoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)epidemiologyinfection control, personal protective equipment (PPE)

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PMID33438833
PMCPMC8013662
OpenAlexW3118949100

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