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Facemasks, Hand Hygiene, and Influenza among Young Adults: A Randomized Intervention Trial

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, January 2012
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Title
Facemasks, Hand Hygiene, and Influenza among Young Adults: A Randomized Intervention Trial
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PLOS ONE, January 2012
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0029744
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Authors

Allison E. Aiello, Vanessa Perez, Rebecca M. Coulborn, Brian M. Davis, Monica Uddin, Arnold S. Monto

Abstract

Limited vaccine availability and the potential for resistance to antiviral medications have led to calls for establishing the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical measures for mitigating pandemic influenza. Our objective was to examine if the use of face masks and hand hygiene reduced rates of influenza-like illness (ILI) and laboratory-confirmed influenza in the natural setting. A cluster-randomized intervention trial was designed involving 1,178 young adults living in 37 residence houses in 5 university residence halls during the 2007-2008 influenza season. Participants were assigned to face mask and hand hygiene, face mask only, or control group during the study. Discrete-time survival models using generalized estimating equations to estimate intervention effects on ILI and confirmed influenza A/B infection over a 6-week study period were examined. A significant reduction in the rate of ILI was observed in weeks 3 through 6 of the study, with a maximum reduction of 75% during the final study week (rate ratio [RR] = 0.25, [95% CI, 0.07 to 0.87]). Both intervention groups compared to the control showed cumulative reductions in rates of influenza over the study period, although results did not reach statistical significance. Generalizability limited to similar settings and age groups. Face masks and hand hygiene combined may reduce the rate of ILI and confirmed influenza in community settings. These non-pharmaceutical measures should be recommended in crowded settings at the start of an influenza pandemic.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Japan 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 299 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 41 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 35 12%
Researcher 33 11%
Student > Master 28 9%
Other 21 7%
Other 55 18%
Unknown 90 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 78 26%
Nursing and Health Professions 24 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 20 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 4%
Social Sciences 12 4%
Other 57 19%
Unknown 100 33%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 700. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 March 2024.
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#29,882
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#512
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Outputs of similar age
#91
of 253,065 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#3
of 3,344 outputs
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