Checkpoint Travel Numbers as a Proxy Variable in Population-Based Studies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic had wide-ranging systemic impacts, with implications for social and behavioral factors in human health. The pandemic may introduce history bias in population-level research studies of other health topics during the COVID-19 period.

Objective

We sought to identify and validate an accessible, flexible measure to serve as a covariate in research spanning the COVID-19 pandemic period.

Methods

Transportation Security Administration checkpoint travel numbers were used to calculate a weekly sum of daily passengers and validated against two measures with strong face validity: (1) a self-reported item on social distancing practices drawn from a continuous tracking survey among a national sample of youths and young adults (15-24 years) in the Un

SUBMITTER: Kreslake JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10467631 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature