UMIT - Private University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Department of Nursing Science and Gerontology, Institute of Nursing Science, Hall in Tirol, Austria.
Public Health Nurs. 2021 Sep;38(5):862-868. doi: 10.1111/phn.12918. Epub 2021 May 3.
Investigation of potential erroneous behavior in the general public's use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We conducted a naturalistic observational study in the period from April to June 2020.
In two western Austrian provinces, a total of 2080 persons were observed in front of 24 grocery stores.
The frequencies and types of erroneous behavior in the use of face masks were collected using a standardized observation form.
A total of 2080 persons were observed. Almost one-third of all observations (n = 648; 31.2%) showed erroneous behavior before positioning the face masks. Another 935 (45.0%) persons touched the face mask front during the adjustment via mouth and nose, 501 (24.1%) persons touched the face mask front in the period after the adjustment. A total of 116 (5.6%) persons showed erroneous behavior in each sequence of the observation unit. Overall, almost half of all people observed showed at least one erroneous behavior within the observation period.
The behavior of the general public in handling face masks is highly error-prone. Decision makers must increasingly provide accompanying information and educational measures in order to encourage the population at risk to use face masks correctly.
调查 COVID-19 大流行期间公众在使用口罩时潜在的错误行为。
我们在 2020 年 4 月至 6 月期间进行了一项自然观察研究。
在奥地利西部的两个省份，在 24 家杂货店前共观察了 2080 人。
使用标准化观察表收集口罩使用过程中错误行为的频率和类型。
共观察了 2080 人。几乎三分之一的观察结果（n=648；31.2%）显示在定位口罩前存在错误行为。另有 935 人（45.0%）在通过嘴和鼻调整口罩时触摸口罩正面，501 人（24.1%）在调整后触摸口罩正面。在观察单位的每个序列中，共有 116 人（5.6%）表现出错误行为。总体而言，在观察期间，几乎一半的人表现出至少一种错误行为。
公众在处理口罩时的行为极易出错。决策者必须提供更多的伴随信息和教育措施，以鼓励高危人群正确使用口罩。
