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Prevalence of physical and psychological impacts of wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) on health care workers during COVID-19; a systematic review and meta-analysis.

2024-01-31

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<h4>Background: </h4> The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) among the frontline health care workers (HCWs). Although PPE offers a great deal of help in preventing infection, it poses significant physical and psychological impacts at varying levels. Correspondingly, multiple independent studies have brought out the PPE associated problems. However, there exists a lacu...

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DOI: 10.22541/au.170670155.57359019/v1

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