Title
Cooling vests alleviate perceptual heat strain perceived by COVID-19 nurses
Author
de Korte, J.Q.
Bongers, C.W.G.
Catoire, M.
Kingma, B.R.M.
Eijsvogel, T.M.H.
Publication year
2021
Abstract
Cooling vests can alleviate heat strain. We quantified the perceptual and physiological heat strain and assessed the effects of wearing a 21°C phase change material cooling vest on these measures during real-life work shifts of COVID-19 nurses wearing personal protective equipment (PPE). 17 nurses were monitored on two working days, consisting of a control (PPE only) and a cooling vest day (PPE + cooling vest). Thermal comfort, thermal sensation, and rating of perceived exertion were scored after each work bout. Sub-PPE air temperature, gastrointestinal temperature (Tgi), and heart rate (HR) were measured continuously. Thermal comfort (2 [1-4] versus 1 [1-2], pcondtition
Subject
Thermal Comfort
Thermal Sensation
Thermoregulation
Cooling vest
COVID-19 pandemic
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23328940.2020.1868386
TNO identifier
884911
Source
Temperature, 9 (9), 103-113
Document type
article