Md. Omar Sharif Ahmmed Chowdhury1*, Sudipto Kumar Ratul2, Mahmuda Rashid Oishi2, Nusrat Jahan Mim2, Farjana Akter Rimi2, and H M Ibrahim2
1Environment, Health & Safety Section, Walton Group, Dhaka, Bangladesh; and 2Department of Physiotherapy, Gono Bishwabidyalay, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
*Correspondence: oschowdhury33@gmail.com (Md. Omar Sharif Ahmmed Chowdhury, Physiotherapist & Deputy Assistant Director, Administration Department, Environment, Health & Safety Section, Walton Group, Dhaka, Bangladesh).
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ABSTRACT
In this Explanation, we discuss influence of face masks on older people in Dhaka city. In this research were 222 respondents and ages of the participants are 60 plus age. This study established among 100% respondents were 16.7% Businessman, 20. 7% job holder, 22.1% retired person, 24.3% house wife and other occupation were 16.2%. For finding other problems of respondents were 9% has respiratory disease, 36% were hypertension, 5% were low blood pressure, and 16.2% had diabetics. In this research, we discover that physiologic effects with possible to control disease (e.g. Covid-19, air pollution, droplet infection disease, etc.) during wearing masks for prolonged periods of time, including special considerations, such as mask wearing among those who engage in job, another service, activity of daily living, exercise and concerns for individuals with pre-existing chronic diseases (e.g. Breathing difficulties, Irritability, Dizziness). This research here 28% face some problems, including 8.6% breathing difficulties, 4.0% irritability, 5.9% dizziness, 4.5% nausea or vomiting, and 5% other problems during wearing face masks. In hygienic people, a mask didn't seem to reason any detrimental physiological changes, and the probably life-protecting advantages of using face masks appear to outweigh the presented problems.
Keywords: Effect of face mask, Older people, Dhaka city, Covid-19, Physiological impacts, and Breathing difficulties.
Citation: Chowdhury MOSA, Ratul SK, Oishi MR, Mim NJ, Rimi FA, and Ibrahim MH. (2022). The impacts of face mask on elderly people in Dhaka city. Eur. J. Med. Health Sci., 4(2), 41-50.
https://doi.org/10.34104/ejmhs.022.041050
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