Anxiety, depression, hypoxia, dyspnoea
Conditions
Interventions
Wearing of masks (surgical and N95) for 4 hours each. Crossover design, with each participant wearing both masks in a randomised order. Also included in randomisation is a control arm (no mask wearing
Sponsors
NONE
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteer hospital personnel at Flinders Medical Centre and Noarlunga Health Services who are fit tested for N95 masks and shall work 3 days in a row.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Allergy to masks, not fit tested, no fit tested N95 available, participant refusal, not working 3 consecutive days
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Subjective dyspnoea, as assessed by a composite of the Borg scale and MRC dyspnoea scale and its correlation to hypoxia in mask wearers. Time point is 30 minutely oxygen saturation measurements and subjective dyspnoea scales as assessed during a 4 hour period of mask wearing. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Subjective dyspnoea scale correlation to baseline PROMIS anxiety and depression, BMI, measured heart rate, past medical history including COPD, BMI and psychological diagnoses, activity. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactD-Yin Lin
AMC (Supervised by AMC Professor Ruurd Jaarsma)
Outcome results
None listed