• Manuela de Mendonça Figueirêdo Coelho, Viviane Mamede Vasconcelos Cavalcante, Juliano Teixeira Moraes, Luciana Catunda Gomes de Menezes, Sarah Vieira Figueirêdo, Mírian Ferreira Coelho Castelo Branco, and Solange Gurgel Alexandre.
• Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
• Rev Bras Enferm. 2020 Jan 1; 73 (suppl 2): e20200670.

ObjectiveTo describe the prevalence and factors associated with pressure injuries related to the use of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsCross-sectional study conducted using an instrument made available in social networks with 1,106 health professionals. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and compared, considering pvalue < 0.05.ResultsThere was a prevalence of 69.4% for pressure injuries related to the use of personal protective equipment, with an average of 2.4 injuries per professional. The significant factors were: under 35 years of age, working and wearing personal protective equipment for more than six hours a day, in hospital units, and without the use of inputs for protection.ConclusionPressure injuries related to the use of medical devices showed a high prevalence in this population. The recognition of the damage in these professionals makes it possible to advance in prevention strategies.

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