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ArticleFrontiers in public health2023

Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions in nine fields of activity to decrease SARS-CoV-2 transmission (Spain, September 2020-May 2021).

Inés Barbeito, Daniel Precioso, María José Sierra, Susana Vegas-Azcárate, Sonia Fernández Balbuena, Begoña Vitoriano, David Goméz-Ullate, Ricardo Cao, Susana Monge, Study Group for Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions in Spain

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Inés BarbeitoResearch Centre for Communication and Information Technology (CITIC), University of A Coruña (UDC), Galicia, Spain.
Daniel PreciosoDepartment of Informatics Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain.
María José SierraCentre for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain.
Susana Vegas-AzcárateMinistry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Madrid, Spain.
Sonia Fernández BalbuenaCentre for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain.
Begoña VitorianoInstitute of Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
David Goméz-UllateDepartment of Informatics Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain.
Ricardo CaoResearch Centre for Communication and Information Technology (CITIC), University of A Coruña (UDC), Galicia, Spain.
Susana MongeCIBER Infectious Diseases, Madrid, Spain.
Study Group for Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions in Spain

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: We estimated the association between the level of restriction in nine different fields of activity and SARS-CoV-2 transmissibility in Spain, from 15 September 2020 to 9 May 2021. Methods: A stringency index (0-1) was created for each Spanish province ( Results: Overall, increasing restrictions reduced SARS-CoV-2 transmission by 22% (RR = 0.78; one-sided 95%CI: 0, 0.82) in 1 week, with highest effects for culture and leisure 14% (0.86; 0, 0.98), social distancing 13% (0.87; 0, 0.95), indoor restaurants 10% (0.90; 0, 0.95) and indoor sports 6% (0.94; 0, 0.98). In a reduced model with seven fields, culture and leisure no longer had a significant effect while ceremonies decreased transmission by 5% (0.95; 0, 0.96). Models Conclusion: Increased restrictions decreased COVID-19 transmission. Limitations include remaining collinearity between fields, and somewhat artificial quantification of qualitative restrictions, so the exact attribution of the effect to specific areas must be done with caution.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2HumansSpainCOVID-19effectivenesshierarchical modelslogarithmic returnnon-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI)pandemicSARS-CoV-2stringency index

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PMCPMC10131688

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