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Facemasks and intensified hand hygiene in a German household trial during the 2009/2010 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic: adherence and tolerability in children and adults
- Source :
- Epidemiology and Infection. 139:1895-1901
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2011.
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Abstract
- SUMMARYNon-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) such as facemasks and intensified hand hygiene may be effective in preventing influenza infections in households. It may be equally important that household members, especially children, can learn to use, maintain and tolerate these measures. We monitored adherence and tolerability of these NPI within a cluster-randomized trial in households with influenza index patients. We recruited 147 participants in 41 households, 39 (95%) out of 41 index patients were children (aged
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Epidemiology
media_common.quotation_subject
Psychological intervention
medicine.disease_cause
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
Hygiene
Influenza, Human
Pandemic
Influenza A virus
medicine
Humans
Child
Pandemics
Hand disinfection
media_common
business.industry
Masks
Influenza a
Berlin
H1n1 pandemic
Infectious Diseases
Tolerability
Patient Compliance
Female
Self Report
business
Hand Disinfection
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14694409 and 09502688
- Volume :
- 139
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Epidemiology and Infection
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7b37efa674c42f3503a038d619587fac
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268810003006