The Tiny Effect of Respiratory Masks - on Physiological, Subjective and Behavioral Measures under Mental Load: a Randomized Trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Effect of respiratory masks on cognitiv performance.healthy volunteers
- Registration Number
- DRKS00024806
- Lead Sponsor
- Quality and Usability Lab, TU Berlin
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 45
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria were good health, fluency in the German language and normal or corrected to normal vision.
Exclusion Criteria
We defined criteria to be included into the statistical analysis. As such, participants must respond correctly to at least 10% of the trials. Otherwise we excluded them from the statistical analysis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome of this study is to determine if there are any differences induced by wearing a FFP2 / N95 mask short-term. Therefore, we test behavioral, physiological and subjective measures.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method As a secondary outcome, we investigate the accuracy of the blood oxygen reading of a consumer grade wearable (smartwatch; Apple Watch Series 6). We compare multiple smartwatch readings with measurements obtained from an approved medical device.