Effects of prolonged face mask use among patients with hypertension or diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to investigate the impacts of prolonged mask use on patients with hypertension or diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

This study included patients with hypertension or diabetes who visited the outpatient department of Nanjing Yimin Hospital between 1 February 2022 and 31 January 2023. We compared the change in blood pressure (BP) and fasting plasma glucose in patients with hypertension or diabetes and adjustments to treatment between the group with prolonged mask-wearing group (≥20 hours/week) and the control group (<20 hours/week).

Results

Compared with the control group of hypertensive patients, the prolonged mask-wearing group had significantly higher diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP). These two groups had

SUBMITTER: He W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10924563 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature