N95 Masks for Lung Health While Golfing During Wildfire Season
ConditionBronchial Asthma
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Saskatchewan
About this trial
Lung health is negatively affected during wildfire season by increased smoke pollution. Wearing N95 masks protects lung health in the short-term. The purpose of our study is to assess whether wearing of N95 facemasks on days with moderate to high air pollution in people who go outside to golf on a regular basis (two or more times per week) for two months during the wildfire season projects lung health.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Golf on a regular basis (two or more times per week)
Disqualifiers
Smoker
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
N95 mask
DeviceN95 mask to be worn outside when golfing when Air Quality Health Index reading indicates moderate risk or higher
Treatment groups
40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: N95 maskExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: No N95 maskNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Change in compliance with wearing of N95 masks (number of times divided by days with moderate or higher air pollution)
compliance with wearing the N95 masks
Time frame
8 weeksSecondary outcomes
1
Change in forced expiratory volume in one second (L)
Force expiratory volume in one second measured with spirometry
Time frame
8 weeks2
Change in forced vital capacity (mL)
Forced vital capacity measured by spirometry
Time frame
8 weeks3
Change in forced expiratory flow at 25% to 75% of vital capacity (mL)
forced expiratory flow at 25% to 75% of vital capacity measured by spirometry
Time frame
8 weeks4
Change in respiratory symptoms (score out of 12)
Respiratory symptoms determined by the Dyspnoea-12 questionnaire
Time frame
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov