Date of this Version
1-17-2022
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Article
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Abstract
This study attempts to identify and categorize the key concerns of wearing masks. An online survey was used to collect data from 2746 people in the United States. Results show that the mask-wearing concerns can be classified into three categories; discomfort barriers (physical discomfort and communication discomfort), external factors (overstated news about coronavirus threat, political beliefs, and absence of mask-wearing culture), and usability issues (lack of effectiveness, unnecessariness of masks in certain cases, and mask maintenance issues). The findings demonstrate that all mentioned concerns strongly shape people's attitudes toward wearing masks, except for political beliefs and lack of effectiveness.
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Recommended Citation
Esmaeilzadeh, Pouyan, "Public concerns and burdens associated with face mask-wearing: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic" (2022). Coronavirus Research at FIU. 124.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/covid-19_research/124
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