N/A
N=123
Adhesive Tape Placement on Patients' Masks in the Emergency Department Increases Compliance of Proper Face Mask Use
Covid19
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04812184 ↗Enrolled (actual)
123
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Oct 2022
Primary outcome: Primary: Proper Face Mask Use up to 60 Minutes — 58; 52 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Tape Face Mask (Device)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
- Primary completion
- Oct 2020
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Proper Face Mask Use up to 60 Minutes |
58; 52 | — |
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.
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
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04812184). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.