Awareness and knowledge of different types of face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic among health-care professionals across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia an original research

Introduction: With the attack of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world, many countries have opted for the lockdown for preventing the spread of the virus. There have been many proposals for the prevention at individual level. These include repeated washing of hands, the sanitization, and the usage of t...

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Autores principales:	Khadijah Ali Almomen, Hanan Ahmed Alghamdi, Hend Abdrahman Ahmad, Leena Faisal AlJaafar, Marwa Salman Alawad, Mayar Saad Alharbi, Nouf Abaalkhail
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Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:58a40660bc154ac9b488d6faaa382dd12021-11-19T12:15:53ZAwareness and knowledge of different types of face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic among health-care professionals across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia an original research0975-740610.4103/jpbs.jpbs_397_21https://doaj.org/article/58a40660bc154ac9b488d6faaa382dd12021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2021;volume=13;issue=6;spage=1664;epage=1667;aulast=Almomenhttps://doaj.org/toc/0975-7406Introduction: With the attack of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world, many countries have opted for the lockdown for preventing the spread of the virus. There have been many proposals for the prevention at individual level. These include repeated washing of hands, the sanitization, and the usage of the mouth masks. There have been many studies that suggested various types of the mouth masks for the prevention of the infection. Hence, in the present study, we intend to evaluate the knowledge and awareness of the health-care personnel of the different types of the face masks. Materials and Methods: We conducted the present review by the cross sectional survey method. The study is questionnaire based that was done for a period of 6 months. The survey was done by online only. The participation was voluntary and done in the state wide hospitals in the kingdom of the Saudi Arabia. The survey compromised twenty questions that assessed the knowledge and awareness of the health-care personnel of the different types of the face masks. Results: The total number of the participants was 1000. All were aware of the proper usage of the masks. There was noted enough awareness of the types of the masks among the participants. However, the awareness can further be enhanced. Conclusion: At the present condition of the infection rate, there may be a third wave of the pandemic around the world. As it has been shown in many studies that these barriers have prevented the infection rate, the wisdom points toward the prevention of the disease. The awareness has increased among the health care and also the personnel are conscious of the types of the masks. The same can be evaluated for the general public and the method of the mask wear can be appraised.Khadijah Ali AlmomenHanan Ahmed AlghamdiHend Abdrahman AhmadLeena Faisal AlJaafarMarwa Salman AlawadMayar Saad AlharbiNouf AbaalkhailWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsarticleawarenesscovid19face maskhealth professionalsPharmacy and materia medicaRS1-441Analytical chemistryQD71-142ENJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, Vol 13, Iss 6, Pp 1664-1667 (2021)
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spellingShingle	awareness covid19 face mask health professionals Pharmacy and materia medica RS1-441 Analytical chemistry QD71-142 Khadijah Ali Almomen Hanan Ahmed Alghamdi Hend Abdrahman Ahmad Leena Faisal AlJaafar Marwa Salman Alawad Mayar Saad Alharbi Nouf Abaalkhail Awareness and knowledge of different types of face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic among health-care professionals across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia an original research
description	Introduction: With the attack of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world, many countries have opted for the lockdown for preventing the spread of the virus. There have been many proposals for the prevention at individual level. These include repeated washing of hands, the sanitization, and the usage of the mouth masks. There have been many studies that suggested various types of the mouth masks for the prevention of the infection. Hence, in the present study, we intend to evaluate the knowledge and awareness of the health-care personnel of the different types of the face masks. Materials and Methods: We conducted the present review by the cross sectional survey method. The study is questionnaire based that was done for a period of 6 months. The survey was done by online only. The participation was voluntary and done in the state wide hospitals in the kingdom of the Saudi Arabia. The survey compromised twenty questions that assessed the knowledge and awareness of the health-care personnel of the different types of the face masks. Results: The total number of the participants was 1000. All were aware of the proper usage of the masks. There was noted enough awareness of the types of the masks among the participants. However, the awareness can further be enhanced. Conclusion: At the present condition of the infection rate, there may be a third wave of the pandemic around the world. As it has been shown in many studies that these barriers have prevented the infection rate, the wisdom points toward the prevention of the disease. The awareness has increased among the health care and also the personnel are conscious of the types of the masks. The same can be evaluated for the general public and the method of the mask wear can be appraised.
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author	Khadijah Ali Almomen Hanan Ahmed Alghamdi Hend Abdrahman Ahmad Leena Faisal AlJaafar Marwa Salman Alawad Mayar Saad Alharbi Nouf Abaalkhail
author_facet	Khadijah Ali Almomen Hanan Ahmed Alghamdi Hend Abdrahman Ahmad Leena Faisal AlJaafar Marwa Salman Alawad Mayar Saad Alharbi Nouf Abaalkhail
author_sort	Khadijah Ali Almomen
title	Awareness and knowledge of different types of face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic among health-care professionals across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia an original research
title_short	Awareness and knowledge of different types of face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic among health-care professionals across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia an original research
title_full	Awareness and knowledge of different types of face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic among health-care professionals across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia an original research
title_fullStr	Awareness and knowledge of different types of face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic among health-care professionals across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia an original research
title_full_unstemmed	Awareness and knowledge of different types of face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic among health-care professionals across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia an original research
title_sort	awareness and knowledge of different types of face masks amid the covid-19 pandemic among health-care professionals across kingdom of saudi arabia an original research
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/58a40660bc154ac9b488d6faaa382dd1
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Awareness and knowledge of different types of face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic among health-care professionals across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia an original research

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