Effects on communication due to face mask use: an integrative review.

Autor: Grassi J; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil., Oliveira IB; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil., Chiriboga LF; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil., Maia AA; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil., Attianezi M; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil., Almeida ANP; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2023 Oct 09; Vol. 76 (4), pp. e20220674. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 09 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0674
Abstrakt: Objectives: to integrate evidence from studies on auditory perceptual and speech production effects in communication situations with face mask use.
Methods: an integrative literature review, in MEDLINE, Cochrane Library and Embase databases. The guiding question was: what effects on communication (perceptual-auditory and speech production) occur with face mask use?
Results: searches in electronic databases resulted in 1,478 studies and filtering resulted in 29 final studies.
Conclusions: mask use has effects on communication, both in perception and speech production, factors that are also related to quality of life, stress and socio-emotional factors. These data can impact on indicators and alerts in favor of adopting strategies to manage mask use, involving speech production and perception when wearing a mask in health services.
Databáze: MEDLINE