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- Title
COVID-19'UN BULAŞMA İLE İLGİLİ ÖZELLİKLERİ: PROSPEKTİF HANEHALKI ARAŞTIRMASI.
- Authors
ERİK, Hanife Ece; ÖZALTUN, Şahin Can; ATILMIŞ, Duygu; TELLİ DİZMAN, Gülçin; KARAHAN, Gizem; TOKER ÖNDER, İlke; ALP, Alpaslan; AKIN, Levent
- Abstract
Household transmission studies provide a suitable environment to examine the epidemiological and clinical features of the disease by controlling many environmental variables. Examining the household transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 is important to establish appropriate prevention and control policies. This study is a case-based prospective study evaluating the demographic and behavioral characteristics of index cases and their household contacts. In the study, a protocol prepared by the World Health Organization evaluating the domestic transmission of COVID-19 was adapted. RT-PCR test was performed on contacted individuals. In addition, a questionnaire form was applied to the participants. SAR was calculated to assess household transmission. Descriptive analyzes were made in the study, and Chi-square test and Logistic Regression analysis were used. The study included 42 index cases and 112 contacts. 43% of index cases and 54% of contacts are women. The median age of index cases was 40.5, and the contacts were 34.5. The secondary attack rate was 25%. The risk of infection is higher in the contacts of female index cases, in crowded families, in the spouse or child of index maturity. Living in crowded households has been identified as the most important risk factor for infection transmission. Stay-at-home measures to reduce social contact may lead to increased transmission in the household. In addition to reducing social contact during the pandemic process, policies should be developed to prevent domestic transmission. Measures to reduce contact should be implemented, such as using a mask at home, airing the house frequently, being in the same room.
- Subjects
HOME environment; WORLD Health Organization; REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; COVID-19; RISK assessment; SURVEYS; MEDICAL protocols; SEX distribution; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; QUESTIONNAIRES; INTERPERSONAL relations; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; DEMOGRAPHY; CONTACT tracing; LOGISTIC regression analysis; STAY-at-home orders; LONGITUDINAL method; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
ESTUDAM Public Health Journal, 2024, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2564-6311
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.35232/estudamhsd.1356522