Subjective dyspnoea in mask wearing hospital personnel does not correlate to hypoxia
- Conditions
- Anxiety, depression, hypoxia, dyspnoea
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20269
- Lead Sponsor
- ONE
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 25
Inclusion Criteria
Volunteer hospital personnel at Flinders Medical Centre and Noarlunga Health Services who are fit tested for N95 masks and shall work 3 days in a row.
Exclusion Criteria
Allergy to masks, not fit tested, no fit tested N95 available, participant refusal, not working 3 consecutive days
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Subjective dyspnoea, as assessed by a composite of the Borg scale and MRC dyspnoea scale and its correlation to hypoxia in mask wearers. Time point is 30 minutely oxygen saturation measurements and subjective dyspnoea scales as assessed during a 4 hour period of mask wearing.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Subjective dyspnoea scale correlation to baseline PROMIS anxiety and depression, BMI, measured heart rate, past medical history including COPD, BMI and psychological diagnoses, activity.