N/A Completed N=123 Randomized Treatment

Adhesive Tape Placement on Patients' Masks in the Emergency Department Increases Compliance of Proper Face Mask Use

Covid19

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04812184 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

123

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Oct 2022

Primary outcomePrimary: Proper Face Mask Use up to 60 Minutes — 58; 52 Participants

Summary

Methods 123 patients were enrolled in a randomized controlled trial at Eskenazi Hospital from April 2020 until October 2020. We permitted patients to either use their own mask (due to low resources institutionally) or we provided a surgical/cloth mask (early on relied on donated cloth masks for patients). Patients were randomized to a control (no tape over the mask/nose) or to the intervention (placing tape over the bridge of the nose of the face mask). Patients were evaluated at 30- and 60- minute intervals to assess for proper mask usage.

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Proper Face Mask Use up to 60 Minutes	58; 52	—

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

presenting to the emergency department during the covid-19 pandemic
older than 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria

pregnant
prisoner
not english speaking
not intoxicated or decompensated psychiatric illness
not critically ill
not allergic to standard tape and/or tegaderm

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