Adherence to the test, trace, and isolate system in the UK: results from 37 nationally representative surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate rates of adherence to the UK's test, trace, and isolate system over the initial 11 months of the covid-19 pandemic.

Design

Series of cross sectional online surveys.

Setting

37 nationally representative surveys in the UK, 2 March 2020 to 27 January 2021.

Participants

74 697 responses from 53 880 people living in the UK, aged 16 years or older (37 survey waves, about 2000 participants in each wave).

Main outcome measures

Identification of the main symptoms of covid-19 (cough, high temperature or fever, and loss of sense of smell or taste), self-reported adherence to self-isolation if symptoms were present and intention to self-isolate if symptoms were to develop, requesting a test for covid-19 if symptoms were present and intention

SUBMITTER: Smith LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8010268 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature