Trade-off Between Quarantine Length and Compliance to Optimize COVID-19 Control.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guidance on COVID-19 quarantine duration is often based on the maximum observed incubation periods assuming perfect compliance. However, the impact of longer quarantines may be subject to diminishing returns; the largest benefits of quarantine occur over the first few days. Additionally, the financial and psychological burdens of quarantine may motivate increases in noncompliance behavior.

Methods

We use a deterministic transmission model to identify the optimal length of quarantine to minimize transmission. We modeled the relation between noncompliance behavior and disease risk using a time-varying function of leaving quarantine based on studies from the literature.

Results

The first few days in quarantine were more crucial to control the spread of COVID-1

SUBMITTER: Zou K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10231873 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature