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Cirugía y cirujanos
versión On-line ISSN 2444-054Xversión impresa ISSN 0009-7411
Resumen
COLLADO-ORTIZ, Miguel A.; ARCH-TIRADO, Emilio y GANDARILLA-MARTINEZ, Nadia A.. Face mask and protective eyewear-associated headache among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cir. cir. [online]. 2022, vol.90, n.6, pp.749-758. Epub 09-Dic-2022. ISSN 2444-054X. https://doi.org/10.24875/ciru.22000221.
Objective:
The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence, clinical features, and factors related to personal protective-associated headaches.
Methods:
We conducted a cross-sectional study among healthcare workers using an online questionnaire.
Results:
We surveyed 305 participants. The N95 face-mask was the most used device by 93%. Of 305 respondents, 206 experienced headaches while wearing protective equipment; 36.06% suffered from a headache disorder before the pandemic. The prevalence of de novo headache was 39.01%. Gender, age, or exposure to coronavirus disease were not determining factors to develop headache. Headache intensity was higher in front-line healthcare workers and was correlated (r = 0.728) with the time wearing protective equipment. The more days per month the participants wore personal protective equipment the shorter the time to headache onset after donning equipment.
Conclusion:
Our study confirms the relationship between frequent and prolonged use of protection devices with headaches and reaffirms the implication of external pressure as a primary mechanism.
Palabras llave : Headache; Personal protective equipment; Coronavirus disease 2019; External compression headache; Healthcare workers.