Rapid Review of Social Contact Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical distancing measures aim to reduce person-to-person contact, a key driver of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission. In response to unprecedented restrictions on human contact during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, studies measured social contact patterns under the implementation of physical distancing measures. This rapid review synthesizes empirical data on the changing social contact patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method

We conducted a systematic review using PubMed, Medline, Embase, and Google Scholar following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. We descriptively compared the distribution of contacts observed during the pandemic to pre-COVID data

SUBMITTER: Liu CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8478104 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature