Compliance with wearing facemasks by university teaching staff during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to explore compliance with and barriers to wearing facemasks at the workplace among university teaching staff in Egypt.

Methods

An online survey was shared with teaching staff members at 11 public and 12 private Egyptian universities and high institutes, and 218 responses were received. All participants were asked about beliefs related to wearing facemasks. For participants who taught in-person classes, compliance with and barriers to wearing facemasks at the workplace were assessed. Compliance level was classified into: Non-compliance, inadequate and adequate, based on the degree of adherence to having facemasks on and not taking them off at five main work settings. We compared demographic characteristics, beliefs, and barriers scores across compliance le

SUBMITTER: Yosef M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9207867 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature