Personal Protective Equipment Comfort and User Attitude During COVID-19

Personal Protective Equipment Comfort and User Attitude During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Physical Therapy Students

There are studies in the literature that evaluate the attitude, behavior and comfort level of students who do internships in different disciplines (medicine, pharmacy) towards the use of protective equipment. However, no study evaluating physiotherapy and rehabilitation students was found. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the behaviors and attitudes regarding the use of personal protective equipment of physiotherapy and rehabilitation department students who are interning in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Covid19; Physiotherapy; Student

Detailed Description

A total of 250 participants, who are physiotherapy and rehabilitation intern students in Turkey, will be included in the present study. Data collection will be carried out using an online survey. The online survey link will be shared via social media accounts and via mail. The questionnaire created through Google forms will be delivered to the participants via the link. The link will be active in the data collection process. Before the participants start the questionnaire, they will be asked whether they were willing to participate. The socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender, weight, height) and health status (presence of chronic disease and drugs used) will be questioned. In addition, the information about the institution where the internship was held and the duration of the internship, internship hours, time spent at the internship will be collected. Personal Protective Equipment Comfort and User Attitude Evaluation Form will be used to evaluate participant's thoughts, attitudes and behaviors towards the use of personal equipment also physical complaints, comfort level due to personal protective equipment.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 230

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Bakırkoy
    • Istanbul, Bakırkoy, Turkey, 34147
      • Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 30 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Physical Therapy Students

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• The participants included in this study will be aged over 18 years, men or women, an intern student actively during Covid-19 pandemic and able to use computer and have an internet connection

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants excluded from the study if they not able to understand and read Turkish as a language, do not use protective equipment with their own choice; do internship in a different discipline other than physiotherapy and rehabilitation.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sociodemographic Evaluation Form	Demographic datas of the participants such as age, gender, height and weight will be recorded. At the same time, internship information and information about the use of personal protective equipment (mask, gloves, goggles, apron and overalls use) will be questioned.	Baseline
The Attitude Inventory Regarding the Use of Personal Protective Equipment	There is no valid and reliable questionnaire evaluating behaviors and attitudes towards the use of personal protective equipment in the literature. Therefore, in our study, the attitudes and behaviors of the participants towards personal protective equipment will be evaluated using the questions developed in the article published by Çiriş et al. Required permissions have been obtained from the corresponding author of the article. "The Attitude Inventory Regarding the Use of Personal Protective Equipment" is composed of 5 likert scale type statements such as "1 - Strongly disagree," "2 - Disagree," "3 - Not sure," "4 - Agree," and "5 - Strongly agree." Answers to questions are between 1 and 5 points, so the total score varies between 5 and 100 points. As the score from each of the subgroups increases, the positive attitude toward the use of personal protective equipment increases.	Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Tansu Birinci, PT, PhD, Istanbul Medeniyet University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 8, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 15, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): June 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 29, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 29, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): June 2, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 2, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 30, 2021
• Last Verified: June 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Lung Diseases; COVID-19
• Other Study ID Numbers: 335561

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No