{"id":8165,"date":"2023-05-04T02:38:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T23:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/face-mask-recommendation-did-nothing-to-curb-covid-19-incidence-study\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T17:32:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:32:58","slug":"mapendekezo-ya-vinyago-vya-uso-hayakufanya-chochote-kuzuia-utafiti-wa-matukio-ya-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/sw\/face-mask-recommendation-did-nothing-to-curb-covid-19-incidence-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Pendekezo la Kinyago cha Uso Hakufanya Chochote Kuzuia Matukio ya COVID-19: Utafiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pendekezo la vinyago vya uso wakati watoto walirudi shuleni huku kukiwa na janga la COVID-19 halikusaidia kupunguza matukio ya maambukizi, kulingana na utafiti mpya wa Kifini.<\/p>\n<p>Imechapishwa <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12889-023-15624-9\" target=\"_blank\">BMC Afya ya Umma<\/a>, utafiti ulichunguza jinsi pendekezo la kutumia vifuniko vya uso miongoni mwa watoto wenye umri wa miaka 12 na zaidi nchini Ufini katika vuli 2021 liliathiri matukio ya COVID-19. Wakati huo, nchi ilitekeleza ufunikaji wa lazima katika shule kote nchini ili kusaidia kukabiliana na kesi. Baadhi ya miji ilitoa mapendekezo kwa watoto wenye umri wa miaka 10 na 11.<\/p>\n<p>Ili kubaini jinsi masking iliathiri watoto na watu wazima wa Finland katika msimu wa vuli wa 2021, timu ilikusanya data ya nambari ya kesi kutoka Rejesta ya Kitaifa ya Magonjwa ya Ambukizo (NIDR) ya Taasisi ya Afya na Ustawi ya Finland na kulinganisha matukio kwa kila kundi la umri.<\/p>\n<p>Watafiti walilinganisha matukio ya maambukizo katika muda wa siku 14 kwa miezi minne kati ya watoto wa miaka 7 hadi 9 na 10 hadi 12, pamoja na watu wazima wenye umri wa miaka 30 hadi 49. Hawakupata athari kubwa kati ya vikundi vya umri mdogo ambavyo havijachanjwa.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Kulingana na uchambuzi wetu, hakuna athari ya ziada iliyopatikana kutokana na kuamuru vinyago vya uso, kwa kuzingatia ulinganisho kati ya miji na kati ya vikundi vya umri wa watoto ambao hawajachanjwa (miaka 10-20 dhidi ya miaka 7-9),&quot; waandishi wa utafiti waliandika.<\/p>\n<p>Kwa bahati mbaya, utafiti ulishindwa kubainisha jinsi watoto walivyotumia vinyago vyao kwa ukali shuleni na aina za barakoa walizotumia katika kipindi hicho. Pia walibaini kuwa data ilionyesha kesi chanya tu wakati wa lahaja ya delta. Kwa hivyo, matokeo yao hayawezi kulinganishwa na yale kutoka kwa omicron na anuwai zingine, kulingana na <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2023-05-finnish-additional-citywide-curb-covid-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Xpress ya matibabu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mnamo Februari, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/masks-did-not-help-prevent-covid-19-spread-468089\">utafiti mwingine<\/a> ilionyesha matokeo kama hayo wakati waandishi wake waliripoti kwamba juhudi za kuficha uso wakati wa kilele cha janga hilo hazikusaidia kuzuia maambukizi ya virusi.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Matokeo yaliyojumuishwa ... hayakuonyesha kupungua kwa wazi kwa maambukizo ya virusi vya kupumua kwa matumizi ya barakoa za matibabu\/upasuaji. Hakukuwa na tofauti za wazi kati ya utumiaji wa barakoa za matibabu\/upasuaji ikilinganishwa na vipumuaji vya N95\/P2 kwa wafanyikazi wa afya wakati zinatumiwa katika utunzaji wa kawaida ili kupunguza maambukizo ya virusi vya kupumua, &quot;waandishi wa utafiti walibaini.<\/p>\n<p>Uchambuzi wa meta ulihusisha ukaguzi wa majaribio 78 ya nasibu kuhusu ufanisi wa hatua za kimwili dhidi ya virusi vya kupumua, ikiwa ni pamoja na COVID-19, hasa uwezo wao wa kukatiza au kupunguza kuenea kwa magonjwa.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\" width=\"736\" height=\"483\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" sizes=\"736px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/394804\/smoking-strokes.webp?w=736&amp;f=20082362cf309948a86c36ebed27be01 736w\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" sizes=\"736px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/face-mask-recommendation-did-nothing-to-curb-covid-19-incidence-study.jpg 736w\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/394804\/smoking-strokes.webp?w=1100&amp;f=e4c850ac0c131854f56a8526eb9ea557 1100w\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/394804\/smoking-strokes.jpg?w=1100&amp;f=e4c850ac0c131854f56a8526eb9ea557 1100w\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" sizes=\"736px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/394804\/smoking-strokes.webp?w=736&amp;f=20082362cf309948a86c36ebed27be01 736w\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" sizes=\"736px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/face-mask-recommendation-did-nothing-to-curb-covid-19-incidence-study.jpg 736w\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/394804\/smoking-strokes.webp?w=480&amp;f=44bccdd9d0b6b7ba0298c3520768c290 480w\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/394804\/smoking-strokes.jpg?w=480&amp;f=44bccdd9d0b6b7ba0298c3520768c290 480w\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/394804\/smoking-strokes.webp?w=736&amp;f=20082362cf309948a86c36ebed27be01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" id=\"i394804\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/face-mask-recommendation-did-nothing-to-curb-covid-19-incidence-study.jpg\" alt=\"viboko vya kuvuta sigara\" width=\"736\" height=\"483\" style=\"display:none\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\">\n<span class=\"cap\">Picha hii inaonyesha wanafunzi wakiwa wamevaa vinyago visivyo na alama za kuvuta sigara ili kuadhimisha Siku ya Kuzuia Tumbaku Duniani katika shule ya msingi huko Handan, mkoa wa Hebei kaskazini mwa China, Mei 30, 2016. <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"credit\">GETTY IMAGES\/STR\/AFP<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Imechapishwa na Medicaldaily.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/face-mask-recommendation-did-nothing-curb-covid-19-incidence-study-469632\">Chanzo cha matibabu cha kila siku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pendekezo la vinyago vya uso wakati watoto walirudi shuleni huku kukiwa na janga la COVID-19 halikusaidia kupunguza matukio ya maambukizi, kulingana na utafiti mpya wa Kifini.<\/p>\n<p>Imechapishwa <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12889-023-15624-9\" target=\"_blank\">BMC Afya ya Umma<\/a>, utafiti ulichunguza jinsi pendekezo la kutumia vifuniko vya uso miongoni mwa watoto wenye umri wa miaka 12 na zaidi nchini Ufini katika vuli 2021 liliathiri matukio ya COVID-19. Wakati huo, nchi ilitekeleza ufunikaji wa lazima katika shule kote nchini ili kusaidia kukabiliana na kesi. Baadhi ya miji ilitoa mapendekezo kwa watoto wenye umri wa miaka 10 na 11.<\/p>\n<p>Ili kubaini jinsi masking iliathiri watoto na watu wazima wa Finland katika msimu wa vuli wa 2021, timu ilikusanya data ya nambari ya kesi kutoka Rejesta ya Kitaifa ya Magonjwa ya Ambukizo (NIDR) ya Taasisi ya Afya na Ustawi ya Finland na kulinganisha matukio kwa kila kundi la umri.<\/p>\n<p>Watafiti walilinganisha matukio ya maambukizo katika muda wa siku 14 kwa miezi minne kati ya watoto wa miaka 7 hadi 9 na 10 hadi 12, pamoja na watu wazima wenye umri wa miaka 30 hadi 49. Hawakupata athari kubwa kati ya vikundi vya umri mdogo ambavyo havijachanjwa.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Kulingana na uchambuzi wetu, hakuna athari ya ziada iliyopatikana kutokana na kuamuru vinyago vya uso, kwa kuzingatia ulinganisho kati ya miji na kati ya vikundi vya umri wa watoto ambao hawajachanjwa (miaka 10-20 dhidi ya miaka 7-9),&quot; waandishi wa utafiti waliandika.<\/p>\n<p>Kwa bahati mbaya, utafiti ulishindwa kubainisha jinsi watoto walivyotumia vinyago vyao kwa ukali shuleni na aina za barakoa walizotumia katika kipindi hicho. Pia walibaini kuwa data ilionyesha kesi chanya tu wakati wa lahaja ya delta. Kwa hivyo, matokeo yao hayawezi kulinganishwa na yale kutoka kwa omicron na anuwai zingine, kulingana na <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2023-05-finnish-additional-citywide-curb-covid-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Xpress ya matibabu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mnamo Februari, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/masks-did-not-help-prevent-covid-19-spread-468089\">utafiti mwingine<\/a> ilionyesha matokeo kama hayo wakati waandishi wake waliripoti kwamba juhudi za kuficha uso wakati wa kilele cha janga hilo hazikusaidia kuzuia maambukizi ya virusi.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Matokeo yaliyojumuishwa ... hayakuonyesha kupungua kwa wazi kwa maambukizo ya virusi vya kupumua kwa matumizi ya barakoa za matibabu\/upasuaji. Hakukuwa na tofauti za wazi kati ya utumiaji wa barakoa za matibabu\/upasuaji ikilinganishwa na vipumuaji vya N95\/P2 kwa wafanyikazi wa afya wakati zinatumiwa katika utunzaji wa kawaida ili kupunguza maambukizo ya virusi vya kupumua, &quot;waandishi wa utafiti walibaini.<\/p>\n<p>Uchambuzi wa meta ulihusisha ukaguzi wa majaribio 78 ya nasibu kuhusu ufanisi wa hatua za kimwili dhidi ya virusi vya kupumua, ikiwa ni pamoja na COVID-19, hasa uwezo wao wa kukatiza au kupunguza kuenea kwa magonjwa.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" id=\"i394804\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/face-mask-recommendation-did-nothing-to-curb-covid-19-incidence-study.jpg\" alt=\"viboko vya kuvuta sigara\" width=\"736\" height=\"483\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\">\n<span class=\"cap\">Picha hii inaonyesha wanafunzi wakiwa wamevaa vinyago visivyo na alama za kuvuta sigara ili kuadhimisha Siku ya Kuzuia Tumbaku Duniani katika shule ya msingi huko Handan, mkoa wa Hebei kaskazini mwa China, Mei 30, 2016. <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"credit\">GETTY IMAGES\/STR\/AFP<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Imechapishwa na Medicaldaily.com<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"page_builder":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/face-mask-recommendation-did-nothing-to-curb-covid-19-incidence-study.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-8165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-covid-19"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Face Mask Recommendation Did Nothing To Curb COVID-19 Incidence: Study - Urban Care Clinic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/sw\/mapendekezo-ya-vinyago-vya-uso-hayakufanya-chochote-kuzuia-utafiti-wa-matukio-ya-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Face Mask Recommendation Did Nothing To Curb COVID-19 Incidence: Study - Urban Care Clinic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The face mask recommendation when children returned to schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic did not help lower the incidence of infection, according to a new Finnish study.Published in BMC Public Health, the study examined how the recommendation to use face coverings among children 12 years and above in Finland in autumn 2021 affected the incidence of COVID-19. At the time, the country implemented mandatory masking in schools nationwide to help curb cases. Some cities extended the recommendation to kids aged 10 and 11.To determine how masking impacted Finnish children and adults during the fall season of 2021, the team collected case number data from the National Infectious Disease Register (NIDR) of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and compared the incidence per age group.The researchers compared the incidences of infection in 14-day periods for four months among kids 7 to 9 and 10 to 12, as well as adults 30 to 49 years of age. They found no significant effect between the younger unvaccinated age groups.&quot;According to our analysis, no additional effect was gained from mandating face masks, based on comparisons between the cities and between the age groups of the unvaccinated children (10-20 years versus 7-9 years),&quot; the study authors wrote.Unfortunately, the study failed to determine how rigorously the children used their masks at school and the types of masks they used during the period. They also noted that the data only reflected positive cases during the delta variant. Thus, their findings might not be comparable to those from the omicron and other variants, according to Medical Xpress.In February, another study showed similar findings when its authors reported that the masking efforts during the peak of the pandemic did not help prevent the transmission of the virus.&quot;The pooled results ... did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical\/surgical masks. There were no clear differences between the use of medical\/surgical masks compared with N95\/P2 respirators in healthcare workers when used in routine care to reduce respiratory viral infection,&quot; the study authors noted.The meta-analysis involved a review of 78 randomized trials on the effectiveness of physical interventions against respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, particularly their ability to interrupt or reduce the spread of disease. 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At the time, the country implemented mandatory masking in schools nationwide to help curb cases. Some cities extended the recommendation to kids aged 10 and 11.To determine how masking impacted Finnish children and adults during the fall season of 2021, the team collected case number data from the National Infectious Disease Register (NIDR) of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and compared the incidence per age group.The researchers compared the incidences of infection in 14-day periods for four months among kids 7 to 9 and 10 to 12, as well as adults 30 to 49 years of age. They found no significant effect between the younger unvaccinated age groups.\"According to our analysis, no additional effect was gained from mandating face masks, based on comparisons between the cities and between the age groups of the unvaccinated children (10-20 years versus 7-9 years),\" the study authors wrote.Unfortunately, the study failed to determine how rigorously the children used their masks at school and the types of masks they used during the period. They also noted that the data only reflected positive cases during the delta variant. Thus, their findings might not be comparable to those from the omicron and other variants, according to Medical Xpress.In February, another study showed similar findings when its authors reported that the masking efforts during the peak of the pandemic did not help prevent the transmission of the virus.\"The pooled results ... did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical\/surgical masks. 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