A Sociodemographic Profile of Mask Use During the COVID-19 Outbreak Among Young and Elderly Individuals in Brazil: Online Survey Study.
Rodrigo Luiz VanciniLuiz Camargo-NetoMarília Dos Santos AndradeClaudio André Barbosa de LiraRafaela G Dos SantosPantelis Theodoros NikolaidisBeat KnechtleLuiz Hv PiacezziMauro Martins TexeiraRuth Ester Assayag BatistaMeiry Fernanda Pinto OkunoCássia Regina Vancini CampanharoPublished in: JMIR aging (2021)
Younger and older adults have worn face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak. It is difficult to measure how much of a positive impact this attitude, habit, and behavior could have on the degree of infection and spread of the disease. However, it can be a positive indicator of adherence to the population's security and safety measures during the pandemic.