Effectiveness of Respirators Fit Factor in Healthcare Providers With and Without Beard

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Status: Completed

Conditions: Community Health Workers; Filtration; Masks

Treatments: Other: Filtering respirators; Other: Surgical masks

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04391010

UCM Respirators Fit Factor

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aim will be to determine the fit factor of surgical masks and filtering respirators in healthcare providers with and without beard. A randomized clinical trial will be carried out recruiting a sample of 52 healthcare providers with and without beard. Fit factor will be measured with both surgical masks and filtering respirators and compared between healthcare providers with and without beard.

Enrollment: 63 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthcare providers

Exclusion criteria

• Pulmonary diseases
• Pregnant women
• Not sign the informed consent form

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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63 participants in 2 patient groups

Health care providers with beard

Other group

Treatment:

Other: Surgical masks

Other: Filtering respirators

Health care providers without beard

Other group

Treatment:

Other: Surgical masks

Other: Filtering respirators