Evaluating the Added Value of Digital Contact Tracing Support Tools for Citizens: Framework Development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that with high infection rates, health services conducting contact tracing (CT) could become overburdened, leading to limited or incomplete CT. Digital CT support (DCTS) tools are designed to mimic traditional CT, by transferring a part of or all the tasks of CT into the hands of citizens. Besides saving time for health services, these tools may help to increase the number of contacts retrieved during the contact identification process, quantity and quality of contact details, and speed of the contact notification process. The added value of DCTS tools for CT is currently unknown.

Objective

To help determine whether DCTS tools could improve the effectiveness of CT, this study aims to develop a framework for the comprehensive assessme

SUBMITTER: Baron R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10719815 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature