Farag Sherien, ElSadek Ahmed, Salah-Eldin Waleed, Georgy Shady Samy, Fathy Mai
Neurology Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Community Medicine Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Egypt J Neurol Psychiatr Neurosurg. 2022;58(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s41983-022-00520-7. Epub 2022 Jul 14.
Headache is considered a common health problem affecting physicians during Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic and has direct impact on their productivity. Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), stress and lack of sleep are common factors affecting their headache.
Out of 165 participants, 38(23%) experienced new onset headache. Participants using Combined Face and eye PPE usage were at higher risk of developing headache compared to single PPE users, Participants wearing face shield were at higher risk of developing headache compared to eyewear non users.
COVID-19 hospital's physicians may experience new-onset headache or change in their previously existing headache, mostly disposed by PPE eyewear and combined face and eye PPE.
在冠状病毒病19（COVID-19）大流行期间，头痛被认为是影响医生的常见健康问题，并且对他们的工作效率有直接影响。佩戴个人防护装备（PPE）、压力和睡眠不足是影响他们头痛的常见因素。
在165名参与者中，38人（23%）出现新发头痛。与单一PPE使用者相比，使用面部和眼部联合PPE的参与者发生头痛的风险更高；与不使用眼镜的人相比，佩戴面罩的参与者发生头痛的风险更高。
COVID-19医院的医生可能会出现新发头痛或其先前存在的头痛情况发生变化，主要是由PPE眼镜以及面部和眼部联合PPE导致的。
