Variability in oxygen saturation regarding the use of mask in the health personnel of the Ambato General Hospital-IESS

Abstract

The state of health emergency due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus has increased the demand for the use of masks, which are part of the biosafety materials and use to reduce the risk of the spread of diseases through respiratory droplets, is for For this reason, the FDA and WHO recommend the use of the mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objectives: The general objective of this article is to determine the variability of oxygen saturation with and without the use of a mask in the health personnel of the Ambato General Hospital-IESS.

Methodology: It is a prospective descriptive observational cross-sectional cohort study. Measurement of oxygen saturation will be performed using the EDAN M3 Monitor in HGA-IESS health personnel with informed consent, in those who use a mask during the pandemic. The statistical analysis was carried out with the method of crossed tables with the objective of comparing the independent variables with the dependent one, the CI is 95% and with a p value less than 0.05 to show significance.

Results: Of 129 study objects, the representative and significant age group according to p <0.05 is less than 33 years old and 24 to 32 years old; the female gender is reflected that prevails 2 to 1 over the male, the type of mask most used is the N95 in 59.7%, the variability of saturation of the study population with and without a mask is greater in men than in women, reflecting a difference of 1.2 and 0.9 respectively (p = 0.02 and p = 0.01).

Conclusions: The variability of saturation with or without the use of a mask represents minimal changes in this study group, since in men and women there is the same tendency, that is, to rise, although in minimal proportions