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Assessment of mask-wearing adherence and social distancing compliance in public passengers in Hamadan, Iran, during the COVID-19 pandemic

Background: The determination of the rate of social distancing compliance and mask-wearing adherence is essential to address the health aspects of COVID-19. The present study aimed to estimate the adherence to mask-wearing and maintaining the social distancing in public passengers in Hamadan, west o...

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Autores principales: Soltanian, Ali Reza, Omidi, Tahereh, Khazaei, Salman, Bashirian, Saeid, Heidarimoghadam, Rashid, Jenabi, Ensiyeh, Mohammadian-khoshnoud, Maryam
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Publicado: Hamadan University of Medical Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8957685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34698660
http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/jrhs.2021.61
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author Soltanian, Ali Reza
Omidi, Tahereh
Khazaei, Salman
Bashirian, Saeid
Heidarimoghadam, Rashid
Jenabi, Ensiyeh
Mohammadian-khoshnoud, Maryam
author_facet Soltanian, Ali Reza
Omidi, Tahereh
Khazaei, Salman
Bashirian, Saeid
Heidarimoghadam, Rashid
Jenabi, Ensiyeh
Mohammadian-khoshnoud, Maryam
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description Background: The determination of the rate of social distancing compliance and mask-wearing adherence is essential to address the health aspects of COVID-19. The present study aimed to estimate the adherence to mask-wearing and maintaining the social distancing in public passengers in Hamadan, west of Iran, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study design: The present study was conducted based on a cross-sectional design. Methods: The current study included 72 images from 12 areas in Hamadan as clusters in January 2021. The images were extracted from the traffic control center of Hamadan Municipality. The mean of social distancing and percentage of mask-wearing in all clusters were obtained based on cluster sampling. Results: In this research, the majority of people(68%) in public passengers were men and 32% women. The mean±SD of social distancing in all public passengers in Hamadan was obtained at 65.27 ±73.37 cm (95% CI: 38.48-92.08 cm). The percentage of men who wore masks correctly was higher than that of women (57% vs. 51%). Moreover, mask-wearing adherence was not recognizable in about 34% of people in the images (28% of men versus 48% of women). Among the people whose images were recognizable, all the women were wearing masks, while about 13% of men were not (P<0.05). Conclusion: As evidenced by the obtained results, the mean social distance in Hamadan was much lower than the standard value (1.5-2 meters) even at the time of restrictions. Although more than half of people wore masks in public passengers, it was much less than that in developed countries. Therefore, people should pay more attention to health advice regarding mask-wearing and maintaining social distance.
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spelling pubmed-89576852022-04-14 Assessment of mask-wearing adherence and social distancing compliance in public passengers in Hamadan, Iran, during the COVID-19 pandemic Soltanian, Ali Reza Omidi, Tahereh Khazaei, Salman Bashirian, Saeid Heidarimoghadam, Rashid Jenabi, Ensiyeh Mohammadian-khoshnoud, Maryam J Res Health Sci Original Article Background: The determination of the rate of social distancing compliance and mask-wearing adherence is essential to address the health aspects of COVID-19. The present study aimed to estimate the adherence to mask-wearing and maintaining the social distancing in public passengers in Hamadan, west of Iran, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study design: The present study was conducted based on a cross-sectional design. Methods: The current study included 72 images from 12 areas in Hamadan as clusters in January 2021. The images were extracted from the traffic control center of Hamadan Municipality. The mean of social distancing and percentage of mask-wearing in all clusters were obtained based on cluster sampling. Results: In this research, the majority of people(68%) in public passengers were men and 32% women. The mean±SD of social distancing in all public passengers in Hamadan was obtained at 65.27 ±73.37 cm (95% CI: 38.48-92.08 cm). The percentage of men who wore masks correctly was higher than that of women (57% vs. 51%). Moreover, mask-wearing adherence was not recognizable in about 34% of people in the images (28% of men versus 48% of women). Among the people whose images were recognizable, all the women were wearing masks, while about 13% of men were not (P<0.05). Conclusion: As evidenced by the obtained results, the mean social distance in Hamadan was much lower than the standard value (1.5-2 meters) even at the time of restrictions. Although more than half of people wore masks in public passengers, it was much less than that in developed countries. Therefore, people should pay more attention to health advice regarding mask-wearing and maintaining social distance. Hamadan University of Medical Sciences 2021-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8957685/ /pubmed/34698660 http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/jrhs.2021.61 Text en © 2021 The Author(s); Published by Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Omidi, Tahereh
Khazaei, Salman
Bashirian, Saeid
Heidarimoghadam, Rashid
Jenabi, Ensiyeh
Mohammadian-khoshnoud, Maryam
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title_short Assessment of mask-wearing adherence and social distancing compliance in public passengers in Hamadan, Iran, during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort assessment of mask-wearing adherence and social distancing compliance in public passengers in hamadan, iran, during the covid-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8957685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34698660
http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/jrhs.2021.61
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