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Adverse Effects of Personal Protective Equipment Among Intensive Care Unit Healthcare Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.
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- Personal protective equipment-associated headaches in health care workers during COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Gaps and Future Directions in the Research About Masking and Voice Production: Bibliometric Analysis, Systematic Literature Review, and Meta-analysis.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2026Review
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- Exploring factors affecting the unsafe behavior of health care workers' in using respiratory masks during COVID-19 pandemic in Iran: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- The bacterial burden of worn face masks-observational research and literature review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Prediction of compliance with preventive measures among teachers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.Technological forecasting and social change · 2023Article
- Medical clowns in Coronavirus wards: A milestone in further integration into Israeli hospitals.Complementary therapies in clinical practice · 2023Article
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- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic era on children with primary headache: a questionnaire survey study and literature review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Health care workers' experience of personal protective equipment use and associated adverse effects during the COVID-19 pandemic response in Singapore.Journal of advanced nursing · 2022Article
- COVID-19 pandemic and nurse teaching: Our experience.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- The impacts of masks and disinfectants on migraine patients in the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia · 2022Article
- Healthcare professionals in COVID-19-intensive care units in Norway: preparedness and working conditions: a cohort study.BMJ open · 2021Observational
- Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in Hospital Environment: Working in a COVID-19 Ward Is a Risk Factor for Infection.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Impact of Heat and Mitigation Strategies on Healthcare Professionals: A Scoping Review.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Article
- Exploring the Impacts of Caring for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients on Nurses: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
introductionTo avoid exposure to SARS-COV-2, healthcare professionals use personal protective equipment (PPE) while treating COVID-19 patients. Prior studies have revealed the adverse effects (AEs) of PPE on healthcare workers (HCWs); however, no review has focused on the AEs of PPE on HCWs in intensive care units (ICUs). This review aimed to identify the AEs of PPE on HCWs working in ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsA scoping review was conducted. MEDLINE, CINAHL, the World Health Organization (WHO) global literature on COVID-19, and Igaku-chuo-zasshi (a Japanese medical database), Google Scholar, medRxiv, and Health Research Board (HRB) open research were searched from January 25-28, 2021. The extracted data included author(s) name, year of publication, country, language, article title, journal name, publication type, study methodology, population, outcome, and key findings.
resultsThe initial search identified 691 articles and abstracts. Twenty-five articles were included in the analysis. The analysis comprised four key topics: studies focusing on PPE-related headache, voice disorders, skin manifestations, and miscellaneous AEs of PPE. The majority of AEs for HCWs in ICUs were induced by prolonged use of masks.
conclusionThe AEs of PPE among HCWs in ICUs included heat, headaches, skin injuries, chest discomfort, and dyspnea. Studies with a focus on specific diseases were on skin injuries. Moreover, many AEs were induced by prolonged use of masks.
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