Hair today, gone tomorrow: How personal protective equipment guidance changed doctor's facial hair during the COVID ‐19 pandemic
| Autor: | Giorgio Gentile, Sanjeev Sahota, Jennifer Ridenton, Helen Hegarty, Simon Gill, Katherine Pope |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
beard Occupational safety and health Odds wellbeing moustache Pandemic medicine Personal protective equipment Research Articles FFP3 business.industry N95 Public health public health General Medicine Facial hair Odds ratio mask medicine.anatomical_structure Family medicine occupational health personal protective equipment Medicine facial hair sense organs business Moustache COVID 19 Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Health Science Reports, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp n/a-n/a (2021) Health Science Reports |
| ISSN: | 2398-8835 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/hsr2.278 |
| Popis: | Objectives To investigate how personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance altered the facial hair of hospital doctors and explore the wider impact and implications of these changes. Methods A single site uncontrolled before‐after survey study examining change in facial hairstyles, and wider implications on doctor's cultural, religious, and personal wellbeing. Outcome measures included change in facial hair between January and April 2020 and whether these changes adhered to guidance set by Public Health England. Participants were also asked about the wider impact of these changes which were thematically analyzed using an inductive approach. Results Of those who completed the survey, 257 participants met the inclusion criteria. 68% (n = 67) of doctors who could grow facial hair changed their facial hairstyle during the COVID‐19 pandemic and 96% (n = 64) reported that the change was in response to PPE guidance. The odds of having a facial hairstyle that complied with PPE guidance before the pandemic was 0.32, which rose to 2.77 after guidance was released, giving an odds ratio of 8.54 (95% CI 4.49‐16.23, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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