Almomen Khadijah Ali, Alghamdi Hanan Ahmed, Ahmad Hend Abdrahman, AlJaafar Leena Faisal, Alawad Marwa Salman, Alharbi Mayar Saad, Abaalkhail Nouf
Department of Dentistry, Ministry of Health, Qasim Armed Forces Hospital, King Khalid Military City, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Dentistry, Qasim Armed Forces Hospital, King Khalid Military City, Saudi Arabia.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2021 Nov;13(Suppl 2):S1664-S1667. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_397_21. Epub 2021 Nov 10.
With the attack of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world, many countries have opted for the lockdown for preventing the spread of the virus. There have been many proposals for the prevention at individual level. These include repeated washing of hands, the sanitization, and the usage of the mouth masks. There have been many studies that suggested various types of the mouth masks for the prevention of the infection. Hence, in the present study, we intend to evaluate the knowledge and awareness of the health-care personnel of the different types of the face masks.
We conducted the present review by the cross sectional survey method. The study is questionnaire based that was done for a period of 6 months. The survey was done by online only. The participation was voluntary and done in the state wide hospitals in the kingdom of the Saudi Arabia. The survey compromised twenty questions that assessed the knowledge and awareness of the health-care personnel of the different types of the face masks.
The total number of the participants was 1000. All were aware of the proper usage of the masks. There was noted enough awareness of the types of the masks among the participants. However, the awareness can further be enhanced.
At the present condition of the infection rate, there may be a third wave of the pandemic around the world. As it has been shown in many studies that these barriers have prevented the infection rate, the wisdom points toward the prevention of the disease. The awareness has increased among the health care and also the personnel are conscious of the types of the masks. The same can be evaluated for the general public and the method of the mask wear can be appraised.
随着新冠疫情在全球的爆发，许多国家选择实施封锁措施以防止病毒传播。在个人层面有许多预防建议，包括反复洗手、消毒以及使用口罩。有许多研究提出了各种用于预防感染的口罩类型。因此，在本研究中，我们旨在评估医护人员对不同类型口罩的知识和认识。
我们采用横断面调查方法进行本综述。该研究基于问卷调查，为期6个月。调查仅通过在线方式进行。参与是自愿的，在沙特阿拉伯王国的全州医院开展。该调查包含20个问题，评估医护人员对不同类型口罩的知识和认识。
参与者总数为1000人。所有人都了解口罩的正确使用方法。参与者对口罩类型有足够的认识。然而，这种认识仍可进一步提高。
在当前感染率的情况下，全球可能会出现第三波疫情。正如许多研究表明的那样，这些防护措施降低了感染率，明智的做法是预防疾病。医护人员的认识有所提高，并且他们也了解口罩的类型。对于普通公众也可进行同样的评估，并且可以评估佩戴口罩的方法。
