Face-touching behaviour as a possible correlate of mask-wearing: A video observational study of public place incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Face-touching behaviour as a possible correlate of mask-wearing : A video observational study of public place incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic. / Liebst, Lasse Suonperä; Ejbye-Ernst, Peter; de Bruin, Marijn; Thomas, Josephine; Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz.
I: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Bind 69, Nr. 3, 2022, s. 1319-1325.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Face-touching behaviour as a possible correlate of mask-wearing
T2 - A video observational study of public place incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Liebst, Lasse Suonperä
AU - Ejbye-Ernst, Peter
AU - de Bruin, Marijn
AU - Thomas, Josephine
AU - Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Most countries in the world have recommended or mandated face masks in some or all public places during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, mask use has been thought to increase people's face-touching frequency and thus risk of self- inoculation. Across two studies, we video- observed the face-touching behaviour of members of the public in Amsterdam and Rotterdam (the Netherlands) during the first wave of the pandemic. Study 1 (n = 383) yielded evidence in favour of the absence of an association between mask- wearing and face-touching (defined as touches of face or mask), and Study 2 (n = 421) replicated this result. Secondary outcome analysis of the two studies— analysed separately and with pooled data sets — evidenced a negative association between mask-wearing and hand contact with the face and its t-zone (i.e. eyes, nose and mouth). In sum, the current findings alleviate the concern that mask- wearing has an adverse face-touching effect.
AB - Most countries in the world have recommended or mandated face masks in some or all public places during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, mask use has been thought to increase people's face-touching frequency and thus risk of self- inoculation. Across two studies, we video- observed the face-touching behaviour of members of the public in Amsterdam and Rotterdam (the Netherlands) during the first wave of the pandemic. Study 1 (n = 383) yielded evidence in favour of the absence of an association between mask- wearing and face-touching (defined as touches of face or mask), and Study 2 (n = 421) replicated this result. Secondary outcome analysis of the two studies— analysed separately and with pooled data sets — evidenced a negative association between mask-wearing and hand contact with the face and its t-zone (i.e. eyes, nose and mouth). In sum, the current findings alleviate the concern that mask- wearing has an adverse face-touching effect.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - CoVID-19
KW - face-touching
KW - masks
KW - real-life behaviour
KW - video observation
UR - https://psyarxiv.com/u6wcp/
U2 - 10.1111/tbed.14094
DO - 10.1111/tbed.14094
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33817991
VL - 69
SP - 1319
EP - 1325
JO - Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
JF - Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
SN - 1865-1674
IS - 3
ER -
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