Archives of environmental & occupational health
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Arch Environ Occup Health · Oct 2020
COVID-19 pandemic and personal protective equipment: Evaluation of equipment comfort and user attitude.
This study aimed to evaluate the comfort of personal protective equipment (PPE) used during the COVID-19 and attitudes of healthcare professionals regarding the use of PPE. Descriptive research was conducted with 553 healthcare professionals, who work in a pandemic center in Turkey. ⋯ Age and gender, as well as PPE discomfort, has been determined to affect the use of PPE. It might be concluded that age and sex, as well as the discomfort caused by PPE, affected the use of PPE and the attitudes of healthcare professionals.