Skin lesions associated with the use of N95 respirators among health professionals in Brazil in 2020

Abstract

Objective: to investigate the prevalence of skin lesions and factors associated with the use of N95 respirators among health professionals in Brazil. Method: cross-sectional study conducted with 11,368 health professionals using a respondent-driven sampling method adapted for online environments. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to investigate the association between the “skin lesions with the use of N95 respirators” variable and gender, professional category, workplace, training, COVID-19 diagnosis, and availability of sufficient and high-quality Personal Protective Equipment. Results: the prevalence of skin lesions was 61.8%. Women were 1.203 times (95% CI: 1.154-1.255) more likely to develop a lesion than men. The chances of skin lesions in psychologists (PR=0.805; 95% CI: 0.678-0.956) and dentists (PR=0.884; 95% CI: 0.788-0.992), were lower when compared to Nursing professionals. Professionals with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis and working in the Intensive Care Unit have an increased chance of presenting skin lesions (PR=1.074; 95% CI: 1.042-1.107); (PR=1.203; 95% CI: 1.168-1.241), respectively. Conclusion: the prevalence of skin lesions caused by the use of N95 respirators was 61.8% and was associated with female gender, professional category, workplace, training, COVID-19 diagnosis, and availability of sufficient and highquality Personal Protective Equipment.

Bibliometric Analysis of Emotional Expression of Family With Schizophrenia

“…for people with schizophrenia looks very few, and will not become a trend in 2023. Researchers prefer problems in various sectors, most of which are dominated by Covid, which has a very large impact on patients, families, health workers, medicines, and associations in various countries (Arcanjo and Beccaria, 2023;Cunha et al, 2023;Doku, 2023;Gir et al, 2023;O'Brien, Markiewicz-Keszycka and Herron, 2023;Zheng et al, 2023) (Zheng et al, 2023) (Figure 3). Journals found related to family emotional expression caring for schizophrenia, yellow themes are often used by researchers so that they experience high levels of saturation (Cunha et al, 2023;Elkawy, 2023;Patel and Parkins, 2023;Romero, 2023;Thomas and Aloysius, 2023;Uzlifatin et al, 2023).…”