Factors associated with self-isolating and completing a contact follow-up program: a retrospective analysis of Ontario, Canada's COVID-19 contact tracing initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Contact tracing is an important tool in slowing the spread of infectious disease and preventing illness. People may face barriers to contact tracing adherence, depending on various personal and contextual characteristics. Thus, we examined a large-scale COVID-19 contact tracing initiative and compared adherence across several socio-demographic and exposure characteristics.

Methods

We analyzed data for 130,255 participants in Ontario's COVID-19 contact tracing initiative from September 2020 to December 2021. During contact follow-up calls, callers recorded whether contacts reported self-isolating and whether they completed follow-up. We performed unadjusted and adjusted logistic regressions to estimate the odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of self-

SUBMITTER: Thielman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12659302 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature