The Relationship Between Face Mask Use and Face-Touching Frequency in Public Areas: Naturalistic Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, a major public health goal has been reducing the spread of the virus, with particular emphasis on reducing transmission from person to person. Frequent face touching can transmit viral particles from one infected person and subsequently infect others in a public area. This raises an important concern about the use of face masks and their relationship with face-touching behaviors. One concern discussed during the pandemic is that wearing a mask, and different types of masks, could increase face touching because there is a need to remove the mask to smoke, drink, eat, etc. To date, there have been few studies that have assessed this relationship between mask wearing and the frequency of face touching relative to face-t

SUBMITTER: Niesen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10262021 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature