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Murphy, Caitriona, Lim, Way Wen, Mills, Cathal, Wong, Jessica Y., Chen, Dongxuan, Xie, Yanmy, Li, Mingwei, Gould, Susan, Xin, Hualei, Cheung, Justin K., Bhatt, Samir, Cowling, Benjamin J. and Donnelly, Christl A. (2023) 'Effectiveness of social distancing measures and lockdowns for reducing transmission of COVID-19 in non-healthcare, community-based settings'. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Vol 381, Issue 2257.
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Abstract
Social distancing measures (SDMs) are community-level interventions that aim to reduce person-to-person contacts in the community. SDMs were a major part of the responses first to contain, then to mitigate, the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the community. Common SDMs included limiting the size of gatherings, closing schools and/or workplaces, implementing work-from-home arrangements, or more stringent restrictions such as lockdowns. This systematic review summarized the evidence for the effectiveness of nine SDMs. Almost all of the studies included were observational in nature, which meant that there were intrinsic risks of bias that could have been avoided were conditions randomly assigned to study participants. There were no instances where only one form of SDM had been in place in a particular setting during the study period, making it challenging to estimate the separate effect of each intervention. The more stringent SDMs such as stay-at-home orders, restrictions on mass gatherings and closures were estimated to be most effective at reducing SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Most studies included in this review suggested that combinations of SDMs successfully slowed or even stopped SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the community. However, individual effects and optimal combinations of interventions, as well as the optimal timing for particular measures, require further investigation. This article is part of the theme issue 'The effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the COVID-19 pandemic: the evidence'.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Viral Respiratory Tract Infections. Respirovirus Infections > WC 506 COVID-19 | ||||
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| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department | ||||
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2023.0132 | ||||
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Pubrouter | ||||
| Depositing User: | JISC Pubrouter | ||||
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2023 12:30 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2023 13:23 | ||||
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/23014 |
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