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A population-based controlled experiment assessing the epidemiological impact of digital contact tracing

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    Identificador: imarina:9156151
    Autors:
    Rodriguez, PabloGrana, SantiagoAlvarez-Leon, Eva ElisaBattaglini, ManuelaDarias, Francisco JavierHernan, Miguel ALopez, RaquelLlaneza, PalomaRamirez-Rubio, OrianaRomani, AdrianaSuarez-Rodriguez, BertaSanchez-Monedero, JavierArenas, AlexLacasa, Lucas
    Resum:
    While Digital contact tracing (DCT) has been argued to be a valuable complement to manual tracing in the containment of COVID-19, no empirical evidence of its effectiveness is available to date. Here, we report the results of a 4-week population-based controlled experiment that took place in La Gomera (Canary Islands, Spain) between June and July 2020, where we assessed the epidemiological impact of the Spanish DCT app Radar Covid. After a substantial communication campaign, we estimate that at least 33% of the population adopted the technology and further showed relatively high adherence and compliance as well as a quick turnaround time. The app detects about 6.3 close-contacts per primary simulated infection, a significant percentage being contacts with strangers, although the spontaneous follow-up rate of these notified cases is low. Overall, these results provide experimental evidence of the potential usefulness of DCT during an epidemic outbreak in a real population.
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    Autor segons l'article: Rodriguez, Pablo; Grana, Santiago; Alvarez-Leon, Eva Elisa; Battaglini, Manuela; Darias, Francisco Javier; Hernan, Miguel A; Lopez, Raquel; Llaneza, Paloma; Ramirez-Rubio, Oriana; Romani, Adriana; Suarez-Rodriguez, Berta; Sanchez-Monedero, Javier; Arenas, Alex; Lacasa, Lucas
    Departament: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques
    Autor/s de la URV: Arenas Moreno, Alejandro
    Paraules clau: Young adult Virology Viral disease Turnaround time Surveys and questionnaires Spain Social behavior Smartphone Serinus canaria Sars-cov-2 Santa cruz de tenerife [(prv) canary islands] Questionnaire Procedures Privacy Prevention and control Patient compliance Pathogenicity Pandemics Pandemic Mobile applications Mobile application Middle aged Male Longitudinal study Longitudinal studies Interpersonal communication Informed consent Infectivity Humans Human Gomera Follow up Female Experimental study Epidemiology Epidemic Covid-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 Contact tracing Contact examination Canary islands Article Age distribution Adult Adolescent
    Resum: While Digital contact tracing (DCT) has been argued to be a valuable complement to manual tracing in the containment of COVID-19, no empirical evidence of its effectiveness is available to date. Here, we report the results of a 4-week population-based controlled experiment that took place in La Gomera (Canary Islands, Spain) between June and July 2020, where we assessed the epidemiological impact of the Spanish DCT app Radar Covid. After a substantial communication campaign, we estimate that at least 33% of the population adopted the technology and further showed relatively high adherence and compliance as well as a quick turnaround time. The app detects about 6.3 close-contacts per primary simulated infection, a significant percentage being contacts with strangers, although the spontaneous follow-up rate of these notified cases is low. Overall, these results provide experimental evidence of the potential usefulness of DCT during an epidemic outbreak in a real population.
    Àrees temàtiques: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Physics and astronomy (miscellaneous) Physics and astronomy (all) Odontología Nutrição Multidisciplinary sciences Multidisciplinary Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar Geociências General physics and astronomy General medicine General chemistry General biochemistry,genetics and molecular biology Farmacia Engenharias iv Educação física Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Chemistry (miscellaneous) Chemistry (all) Biotecnología Biodiversidade Biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology (miscellaneous) Biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology (all) Astronomia / física Antropologia / arqueologia
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: alexandre.arenas@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0003-0937-0334
    Data d'alta del registre: 2024-09-28
    Volum de revista: 12
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Nature Communications. 12 (1): 587-
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Rodriguez, Pablo; Grana, Santiago; Alvarez-Leon, Eva Elisa; Battaglini, Manuela; Darias, Francisco Javier; Hernan, Miguel A; Lopez, Raquel; Llaneza, P (2021). A population-based controlled experiment assessing the epidemiological impact of digital contact tracing. Nature Communications, 12(1), 587-. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20817-6
    DOI de l'article: 10.1038/s41467-020-20817-6
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2021
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
  • Paraules clau:

    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Miscellaneous),Chemistry (Miscellaneous),Multidisciplinary Sciences,Physics and Astronomy (Miscellaneous)
    Young adult
    Virology
    Viral disease
    Turnaround time
    Surveys and questionnaires
    Spain
    Social behavior
    Smartphone
    Serinus canaria
    Sars-cov-2
    Santa cruz de tenerife [(prv) canary islands]
    Questionnaire
    Procedures
    Privacy
    Prevention and control
    Patient compliance
    Pathogenicity
    Pandemics
    Pandemic
    Mobile applications
    Mobile application
    Middle aged
    Male
    Longitudinal study
    Longitudinal studies
    Interpersonal communication
    Informed consent
    Infectivity
    Humans
    Human
    Gomera
    Follow up
    Female
    Experimental study
    Epidemiology
    Epidemic
    Covid-19
    Coronavirus disease 2019
    Contact tracing
    Contact examination
    Canary islands
    Article
    Age distribution
    Adult
    Adolescent
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    Saúde coletiva
    Química
    Psicología
    Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia
    Physics and astronomy (miscellaneous)
    Physics and astronomy (all)
    Odontología
    Nutrição
    Multidisciplinary sciences
    Multidisciplinary
    Medicina veterinaria
    Medicina iii
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Materiais
    Matemática / probabilidade e estatística
    Interdisciplinar
    Geociências
    General physics and astronomy
    General medicine
    General chemistry
    General biochemistry,genetics and molecular biology
    Farmacia
    Engenharias iv
    Educação física
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências agrárias i
    Ciência da computação
    Chemistry (miscellaneous)
    Chemistry (all)
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology (miscellaneous)
    Biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology (all)
    Astronomia / física
    Antropologia / arqueologia
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