ArticleProgress in disaster science2022
Public concerns and burdens associated with face mask-wearing: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Comparison of Mask-Wearing Behavior on Social Media and Its Relationship With Demographic Characteristics During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Media Data Analysis Between the United States and Japan.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Postpandemic masking practices among health care personnel: beliefs, barriers, and opportunities for improving adherence in clinical settings.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2026Article
- Health Communication and Behavioral Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2024Article
- Pattern and Perception of Impact of Wearing Face Masks on Communication Among Health Care Workers During COVID-19 pandemic: An Observational Study.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- COVID-19 masks and limited number of shoppers as determinants of shop assistants' (dis)honesty.PloS one · 2024Article
- Association Between Risk Perceptions of COVID-19, Political Ideology, and Mask-Wearing Behavior After the Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Survey in South Korea.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- Examination of factors that impact mask or respirator purchase and usage during the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2024Article
- Correlation between use of different type protective facemasks and the oral ecosystem.BMC public health · 2023Article
- What Sustains Mask-Wearing Behavior among Elders in a Rural Community in the Post-COVID-19 Era: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Impact of Facemasks Use on Interpersonal Communication in a Clinical Setup: A Questionnaire Based Study.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2023Article
- Emotional and behavioral changes in French children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- COVID-19 safe campus evaluation for universities by a hybrid interval type-2 fuzzy decision-making model.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2023Article
- Development and initial validation of the attitudes toward face mask use scale (ATFMUS).Heliyon · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study attempts to identify and categorize the key concerns of wearing masks. An online survey was used to collect data from 2746 people in the United States. Results show that the mask-wearing concerns can be classified into three categories; discomfort barriers (physical discomfort and communication discomfort), external factors (overstated news about coronavirus threat, political beliefs, and absence of mask-wearing culture), and usability issues (lack of effectiveness, unnecessariness of masks in certain cases, and mask maintenance issues). The findings demonstrate that all mentioned concerns strongly shape people's attitudes toward wearing masks, except for political beliefs and lack of effectiveness.
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