Head and face anthropometric study for respirators in the multi-ethnic Asian population of Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Existing anthropometric studies for respirator designs are based on the head and facial dimensions of Americans and Chinese nationals, with no studies for multi-ethnic countries like Malaysia. This study aimed to create head and facial morphological database for Malaysia, specifically to identify morphological differences between genders, ethnicities, and birthplaces, as well as predictors of the dimensions.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Malaysia.

Participants

A nation-wide cross-sectional study using a complex survey design with two stage-stratified random sampling was conducted among 3,324 participants, aged 18 years and above who were also participants of the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2020.

Primary and secondary outcomes

SUBMITTER: Lim YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9459016 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature