Face Mask Use and Control of Respiratory Virus Transmission in Households
C. Raina MacIntyre

, Simon Cauchemez, Dominic E. Dwyer, Holly Seale, Pamela Cheung, Gary Browne, Michael Fasher, James Wood, Zhanhai Gao, Robert Booy, and Neil Ferguson
Author affiliations: University of New South Wales School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (C.R. MacIntyre, H. Seale, J. Wood, Z. Gao); Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, Sydney (C.R. MacIntyre, P. Cheung, R. Booy, G. Browne); Imperial College London, London, UK (S. Cauchemez, N. Ferguson); Westmead Hospital, Sydney (D.E. Dwyer); The Wentworth Division of General Practice, Sydney (M. Fasher)
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Table 3
Problems with face mask use reported by participants in the study, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2006 and 2007 winter influenza seasons
Reported problem |
Surgical mask users, no. (%), n = 94 |
P2 mask users, no. (%), n = 92 |
p value |
None |
46 (49) |
42 (46) |
0.66 |
Uncomfortable |
16 (17) |
14 (15) |
0.74 |
Forgot to wear it |
8 (9) |
8 (9) |
0.96 |
Child did not like it |
6 (6) |
8 (9) |
0.55 |
Other |
18 (19) |
20 (22) |
0.66 |
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