Table 2.
Wearer comfort evaluation form, scale: 0 poor to 5 excellent. Values are median (IQR [ range]) n:14, p values are for comparisons between the three respiratory protective equipment groups.
| Control | Powered respirator |
full-face respirator |
FFP3 Mask |
p-value PAPR-APR/ PAPR-FFP/ APR-FFP |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobility | 5 (0 [0]) | 3 (2–4 [[1], [2], [3], [4]]) | 4 (2–4 [[1], [2], [3], [4], [5]]) | 4 (2–4 [[1], [2], [3], [4], [5]]) | 0.001 0.000 0.528 |
| Noise | 5 (0 [0]) | 3 (1–3 [[1], [2], [3], [4]]) | 4 (2–4 [[1], [2], [3], [4], [5]]) | 5 (2–4 [[1], [2], [3], [4], [5]]) | 0.000 0.000 0.264 |
| Heat | 5 (0 [0]) | 4.5 (3–4 [[2], [3], [4], [5]]) | 3 (1–2 [0–4]) | 3 (1–2 [0–4]) | 0.000 0.000 0.979 |
| Vision | 5 (0 [0]) | 5 (2–4 [[1], [2], [3], [4]]) | 4 (1–3 [[1], [2], [3], [4], [5]]) | 3.5 (1–3 [[1], [2], [3], [4], [5]]) | 0.003 0.004 0.227 |
| Speech intelligibility | 5 (0 [0]) | 4 (1–4 [0–5]) | 4 (2–4 [[1], [2], [3], [4], [5]]) | 4 (2–4 [[1], [2], [3], [4], [5]]) | 0.015 0.024 0.570 |