Effectiveness of the non-pharmaceutical public health interventions against COVID-19; a protocol of a systematic review and realist review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Without any pharmaceutical intervention and vaccination, the only way to combat Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is to slow down the spread of the disease by adopting non-pharmaceutical public health interventions (PHIs). Patient isolation, lockdown, quarantine, social distancing, changes in health care provision, and mass screening are the most common non-pharmaceutical PHIs to cope with the epidemic. However, there is neither systematic evidence on the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical PHIs in controlling the COVID-19 nor on how these interventions work in different contexts. Therefore, in this study we will address two main objectives: 1) to assess the effectiveness of the non-pharmaceutical PHIs in controlling the spread of COVID-19 using a systematic review and

SUBMITTER: Iezadi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7523985 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature