Perceived usefulness of COVID-19 tools for contact tracing among contact tracers in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In Korea, contact tracing for coronavirus disease 2019 is conducted using information from credit card records, handwritten visitor logs, KI-Pass (QR code), and the Safe Call system after an interview. We investigated the usefulness of these tools for contact tracing.

Methods

An anonymous survey was conducted for 2 months (July to September 2021) among contact tracers throughout Korea. The questionnaire consisted of 4 parts: (1) demographic characteristics; (2) the usefulness of each tool for contact tracing; (3) the order in which information was checked during contact tracing; and (4) the match rate between tools for contact tracing, screening test rate, response rate, and helpfulness (rated on a Likert scale).

Results

In total, 190 individuals completed

SUBMITTER: Gong S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10185965 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature