FACIAL ECZEMA IN HEALTHCARE WORKERS USING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC - A SURVEY AT SIX DANISH HOSPITALS
Acta Dermato-Venereologica
; 102(SUPPL 222):26, 2022.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1917142
ABSTRACT
Adverse skin reactions are frequently reported by healthcare workers (HCWs) using face personal protective equipment (F-PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic (Skiveren 2022). The skin is constantly provoked due to occlusion and friction by using F-PPE. This leads to itchy, dry, irritated, scaly and or red skin, which can be associated with eczema. This study is based on self-reported symptoms. Purpose:
To describe the prevalence of red and irritated skin and risk factors related to the use of F-PPE among frontline HCWs at six Danish hospitals.Methods:
A questionnaire survey was sent electronically to 22.993 HCWs.Results:
The response rate was 44.7% (n=10.287). Of those, who used both surgical masks and FFP2-3, 37.8% (n=3893) reported red and irritated skin. Nurses were the largest group of responders (n=5924, 71.8%) and had significant more often red and irritated skin (n=2530, 42.7%) than physicians (n=553, 23.7%). Female HCWs (n=8854, 86.1%) had significant (p>0.001) more often symptoms (n=3575, 40.4%) than men (n=318, 22.2%). The responders who reported chronic skin disease like atopic dermatitis (n=560) had more often red and irritated skin (53.2%) than those without (37.0%) (p<0.001). Some skin types were more prone to have red and irritated skin;sensitive skin (42.2% based on n=1998), combined skin (42.2% based on n=1453), dry skin (32.2% based on n=5263), and oily skin (31.4% based on n=986). The difference between the skin types was significant, unless between dry and oily skin (p=0.629).Conclusions:
To minimize adverse skin reactions due to the use of F-PPE, individual risk assessment is needed.
adult; atopic dermatitis; conference abstract; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; dry skin; eczema; female; health care personnel; health survey; human; major clinical study; male; minimally 94 percent efficient filtering facepiece respirator; nurse; oily skin; pandemic; physician; prevalence; protective equipment; questionnaire; risk assessment; risk factor; sensitive skin; skin disease; skin irritation; skin manifestation; surgical mask
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Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Year:
2022
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Article
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