Interregional mobility in different age groups is associated with COVID-19 transmission in the Taipei metropolitan area, Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: Before vaccines were introduced, mobility restriction was one of the primary control measures in the early stage of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Because different age groups face disproportionate health risks, differences in their mobility changes affect the effectiveness of pandemic control measures. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between multiscale mobility patterns in different age groups and COVID-19 transmission before and after control measures implementation. Data on daily confirmed case numbers, anonymized mobile phone data, and 38 socioeconomic factors were used to construct negative binomial regression models of these relationships in the Taipei metropolitan area in May 2021. To avoid overfitting, the socioeconomic factor dimensions were red

SUBMITTER: Jiang WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10570333 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature