Relationship between acne and the use of mask in doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medicina Interna de Mexico
; 38(2):275-280, 2022.
Article
in Spanish
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2312736
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To identify the characteristics of the use of masks and features of acne lesions and acne-like eruptions, among doctors involved in various clinical settings. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
An observational, prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted from June to September 2020. The main tool of the study was a form designed with the Google forms platform, which has 17 items. RESULT(S) The responses of 150 participants from Mexico and Latin America were analyzed 84 participants (56%) were female. The most frequent academic degree among the participants was Doctor of Medicine. The mask with the highest frequency of use was the N95 mask in 98 participants (65.3%);84% of the participants presented typical acne lesions, nodules were the most frequent lesions, only 24 patients did not present characteristic lesions. The topographic region where these lesions most frequently occurred was the chin region. CONCLUSION(S) The importance of the presence of acne and acne-like lesions in medical doctors who use personal protective equipment during their working hours is demonstrated, in order to issue future recommendations related to skin care during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.Copyright © 2022 Comunicaciones Cientificas Mexicanas S.A. de C.V.. All rights reserved.
Acne; covid-19; Masks; SARS-CoV-2; acne vulgaris; adult; article; chin; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; cross-sectional study; female; human; major clinical study; male; Mexico; minimally 94 percent efficient filtering facepiece respirator; nonhuman; pandemic; physician; prospective study; protective equipment; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; skin care; South and Central America
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Spanish
Journal:
Medicina Interna de Mexico
Year:
2022
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Article
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