The negative impact of wearing personal protective equipment on communication during coronavirus disease 2019
| Autor: | Ravi Sharma, N Lowe, Sudhira Ratnayake, Ian Street, R W Clarke, W Afifi, Rosa Crunkhorn, Sunil K. Sharma, Thomas Hampton, M Krishnan, Jaya Bhat, E Hogg, S De, Soumit Dasgupta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Operating Rooms Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Health Personnel Applied psychology Pneumonia Viral Affect (psychology) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Speech discrimination Health care Medicine Humans Speech 030223 otorhinolaryngology Personal protective equipment Pandemics Personal Protective Equipment business.industry Communication Protective Devices Significant difference Speech Intelligibility Main Articles COVID-19 030208 emergency & critical care medicine General Medicine Middle Aged Personnel Hospital Intensive Care Units Otorhinolaryngology Healthcare settings Female Normal speech business Coronavirus Infections Noise |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Laryngology and Otology The Journal of Laryngology & Otology |
| ISSN: | 1748-5460 0022-2151 |
| Popis: | BackgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 personal protective equipment has been reported to affect communication in healthcare settings. This study sought to identify those challenges experimentally.MethodBamford–Kowal–Bench speech discrimination in noise performance of healthcare workers was tested under simulated background noise conditions from a variety of hospital environments. Candidates were assessed for ability to interpret speech with and without personal protective equipment, with both normal speech and raised voice.ResultsThere was a significant difference in speech discrimination scores between normal and personal protective equipment wearing subjects in operating theatre simulated background noise levels (70 dB).ConclusionWearing personal protective equipment can impact communication in healthcare environments. Efforts should be made to remind staff about this burden and to seek alternative communication paradigms, particularly in operating theatre environments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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