Masks, Gloves, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rapid Assessment of Public Behaviors in the United States.
Masks, Gloves, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rapid Assessment of Public Behaviors in the United States.
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10.3390/epidemiologia1010004
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2020-11-05
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美国于2020年3月宣布新冠肺炎疫情为全国紧急状态，2020年4月，美国政府当局发布了使用口罩和手套作为防护措施的建议。尽管有这样的建议，但流行的媒体报道强调了缺乏遵守。然而，还没有系统的研究考察美国公众在新冠肺炎大流行早期阶段使用防护策略(例如，戴口罩)来防止疫情传播的情况。这项研究的目的是在全国范围内对公共行为进行快速评估，以防止新冠肺炎在大流行的早期阶段传播，并根据选定的社会人口特征评估这些行为可能存在的差异。全国共有835名成年美国人进行了一项多项调查，并被问及口罩、手套和他们的人口统计背景。大多数研究参与者报告在大流行期间更频繁地戴口罩(76%)，但大多数人在大流行期间没有更频繁地戴手套(30%)。戴口罩的情况因性别、年龄、种族、婚姻状况、生活安排和就业状况而有显著差异(p<；0.05)。对于手套，基于性别、年龄、婚姻状况和就业情况，发现有显著差异。随着疫情继续蔓延，以及最近有报道称美国病例激增，公共卫生从业者和政策制定者必须强调面向公众的新冠肺炎预防战略，并探索务实的方案，以提高公众对防护行为的遵从性。
The COVID-19 outbreak was declared a national emergency in the U.S. in March 2020, and in April 2020, the U.S. government authorities issued recommendations on the use of masks and gloves as protective measures. Despite such recommendations, popular media reports highlighted a lack of compliance. However, no systematic study has examined the use of protective strategies (e.g., wearing a mask) by the American public to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during early stages of the pandemic. The purpose of this study was to conduct a rapid national assessment of public behaviors to prevent COVID-19 spread during the early stages of the pandemic and to assess how these behaviors may have differed based on selected sociodemographic characteristics. A total of 835 adult Americans nationwide took a multi-item survey and were asked about wearing masks, gloves, and their demographic background. The majority of the study participants reported wearing a mask more often during the pandemic (76%), but the majority did not wear gloves more often during the pandemic (30%). Significant differences (p < 0.05) for wearing masks were found based on sex, age, ethnicity, marital status, living arrangements, and employment status. For gloves, significant differences were found based on sex, age, marital status, and employment. While the pandemic continues to unfold and with recent reports of a surge in cases in the U.S., public health practitioners and policymakers must emphasize COVID-19 prevention strategies for the general public and explore pragmatic options to increase compliance of protective behaviors among the general public.
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