Effects of non-compulsory and mandatory COVID-19 interventions on travel distance and time away from home, Norway, 2021.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundGiven the societal, economic and health costs of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI), it is important to assess their effects. Human mobility serves as a surrogate measure for human contacts and compliance with NPI. In Nordic countries, NPI have mostly been advised and sometimes made mandatory. It is unclear if making NPI mandatory further reduced mobility.AimWe investigated the effect of non-compulsory and follow-up mandatory measures in major cities and rural regions on human mobility in Norway. We identified NPI categories that most affected mobility.MethodsWe used mobile phone mobility data from the largest Norwegian operator. We analysed non-compulsory and mandatory measures with before-after and synthetic difference-in-differences approaches. By regression, we i

SUBMITTER: Kamineni M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10283475 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature