Fountoulakis Konstantinos N, Breda Joao, Arletou Marianna P, Charalampakis Anastasios I, Karypidou Maria G, Kotorli Konstantina S, Koutsoudi Christina G, Ladia Eleftheria S, Mitkani Calypso A, Mpouri Vasiliki N, Samara Anastasia C, Stravoravdi Aikaterini S, Tsiamis Ioannis G, Tzortzi Aphrodite, Vamvaka Maria A, Zacharopoulou Charikleia N, Prezerakos Panagiotis E, Koupidis Sotirios A, K Fountoulakis Nikolaos, Tsapakis Eva Maria, Konsta Anastasia, Theodorakis Pavlos N
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 6, Odysseos str, 55535, Thessaloniki, Greece.
WHO Athens Quality of Care Office, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Athens, Greece.
Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2022 Mar 9;21(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s12991-022-00386-2.
Wearing facemasks is of proven efficacy as a public health protective measure against COVID-19. Currently there are no observational data concerning the wearing of facemasks and the adherence to guidelines concerning their handling.
Registration of the way passers-by were wearing facemasks at 26 different locations of five major cities in Greece. The results were correlated with the rate of COVID-19 deaths in the region.
In total, 119,433 passers-by were registered, 57,043 females (47.8%) and 62,390 males (52.2%). From the total sample, 81.1% were wearing the mask properly, 10.8% had their nose out, 6.2% were wearing it under the jaw, and 1.9% had no mask at all . There was a significant difference between males and females concerning any use of mask. Inappropriate use of was correlated with COVID-19 death rate in the studied region.
Our findings suggest that under conditions of mandatory wearing and in central locations of major cities, during walking, proper use of masks is suboptimal, but still contributes with some protection. Fear and risk perception seem to be strong factors contributing to adherence to proper mask wearing.
佩戴口罩作为预防新冠病毒的一项公共卫生防护措施，其有效性已得到证实。目前尚无关于佩戴口罩及遵守口罩使用指南情况的观察性数据。
在希腊五个主要城市的26个不同地点对路人佩戴口罩的方式进行登记。将结果与该地区的新冠病毒死亡率进行关联分析。
总共登记了119433名路人，其中女性57043人（47.8%），男性62390人（52.2%）。在总样本中，81.1%的人正确佩戴口罩，10.8%的人露出鼻子，6.2%的人将口罩戴在下颌下方，1.9%的人根本未戴口罩。在口罩使用情况方面，男性和女性之间存在显著差异。口罩使用不当与研究地区的新冠病毒死亡率相关。
我们的研究结果表明，在强制佩戴口罩的情况下，在大城市的中心区域，人们行走时口罩的正确佩戴率未达最佳水平，但仍能提供一定程度的防护。恐惧和风险认知似乎是促使人们正确佩戴口罩的重要因素。
