Personal protective equipment usage among Iranian police officers during COVID-19 pandemic; a cross-sectional study

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Frontiers in Emergency Medicine Pub Date : 2023-01-16 DOI:10.18502/fem.v7i1.11695

Seyedmohammadmehdi Samimiardestani, Meisam Sharifi, Mehri Farhange Ranjbar

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Objective: Due to the important role of police during COVID-19 pandemics and lack of previous studies on the impact of personal protective equipment (PPE) in reduction of COVID-19 infection among police officers, we aimed to investigate the role of using PPE in prevention of COVID-19 infection among Iranian police personnel. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted in Tehran, Iran during January 2021 to November 2022. The study sample consisted of police personnel who were active in field operations. Demographics (age, height, weight, gender, marital status, number of children and underlying diseases) and job characteristics such as frequency and type of operations, involvement of colleagues with COVID-19, and COVID-19 infection history, using PPE, types of used PPE (mask, face shield, gloves, etc), protective strategies (such as social distancing) and COVID-19 vaccination were recorded. Statistical analysis was performed with IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 25. Results: Totally, 340 participants were analyzed (33.54±9.74 years old, 91.2% males), of whom, 150 participants (44.1%) reported at least one episode of confirmed COVID-19 infection. The most common component of PPE used both during operations and daily life was face mask (44.7% and 75%, respectively). The most popular measure with higher adherence compared to others was social distancing with 70% popularity and an adherence score of 5.85±3.74. Three hundred subjects (88.2%) had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Among PPE items, using face mask, washing hands with soap, social distancing and vaccination were significantly different between patients with and without prior COVID-19 infection (p>0.05). Conclusion: The findings showed that use of PPE is significantly efficacious in reduction of COVID-19 infection among police officers. Therefore, despite difficulties of using PPE among police forces, it is strongly recommended for virus spread control in this population.

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COVID-19大流行期间伊朗警察个人防护装备的使用情况横断面研究

目的:鉴于警察在COVID-19大流行期间的重要作用，以及以往缺乏关于个人防护装备(PPE)在减少警察COVID-19感染方面的影响的研究，我们旨在调查使用PPE在预防伊朗警察人员COVID-19感染中的作用。方法:这项横断面调查于2021年1月至2022年11月在伊朗德黑兰进行。研究样本包括在实地行动中活跃的警察人员。记录人口统计数据(年龄、身高、体重、性别、婚姻状况、子女数量和基础疾病)和工作特征(手术频率和类型、感染COVID-19的同事参与情况、COVID-19感染史、使用个人防护装备、使用的个人防护装备类型(口罩、面罩、手套等)、防护策略(如保持社交距离)和COVID-19疫苗接种)。采用IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 25进行统计分析。结果:共分析340名参与者(33.54±9.74岁，男性占91.2%)，其中150名参与者(44.1%)报告至少一次新冠肺炎确诊感染。在操作和日常生活中使用的个人防护装备中最常见的成分是口罩(分别为44.7%和75%)。与其他措施相比，最受欢迎的依从性较高的措施是社会距离，普及率为70%，依从性得分为5.85±3.74。300名受试者(88.2%)至少接种了一剂COVID-19疫苗。在个人防护用品方面，有无感染史的患者使用口罩、用肥皂洗手、保持社交距离、接种疫苗等指标差异有统计学意义(p>0.05)。结论:使用个人防护装备对降低警务人员COVID-19感染有显著效果。因此，尽管在警察部队中使用个人防护装备有困难，但强烈建议在这一人群中使用个人防护装备来控制病毒传播。

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Frontiers in Emergency Medicine

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