SynthesisFrontiers in public health2022
Personal protective equipment-associated headaches in health care workers during COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
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- Headaches in Healthcare Workers: A Prospective Study of Precipitating and Maintenance Variables and Their Relationship with Burnout as a Post-COVID Syndrome.Neurology international · 2024Article
- 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
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- Infection and the use of personal protective equipment among Primary Health Care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2024Article
- Incidence of mental disorders in soldiers deployed to Afghanistan who have or have not experienced a life-threatening military incident-a quasi-experimental cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work of clinical psychologists in Austria: results of a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Physical discomforts, feeling of the high work intensity and the related risk factors of the frontline medical staff during COVID-19 epidemic: an early-outbreak, national survey in China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Health Care Workers (HCWs) use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic to protect themselves and prevent the transmission of the disease. The use of PPE, especially respiratory masks, has adverse consequences, including headaches, which have been secondary and unusual. The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis study was to investigate the prevalence of PPE-associated headaches in HCWs during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The present review study was performed based on the PRISMA guideline. The protocol of the present study was registered in PROSPERO with the code CRD42022304437. Valid data resources such as Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Embase were used to identify and extract relevant studies. The searches were conducted between the beginning of 2020 and the end of January 2022. A random effects model was used for meta-analysis and Results: A total of 539 articles were first identified through initial search and finally 26 final studies were selected to undergo the meta-analysis phase. According to the results of meta-analysis, the prevalence of headache after and before the use of PPE was 48.27% (95% CI: 40.20-56.34, Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that the prevalence of PPE-associated headache in HCWs was relatively high, so, the use of PPE during COVID-19 pandemic can be considered as one of the causes of headache. Therefore, management strategies such as regular screening of HCWs for headaches and regular rest periods without the use of PPE can be effective in reducing the prevalence of headaches.
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