articleBMJJul 15, 2020HYBRID OA

Physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019: natural experiment in 149 countries

University of Cambridge · University of Oxford · +5 more institutions

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Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the association between physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) globally.

Design

Natural experiment using interrupted time series analysis, with results synthesised using meta-analysis.

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Authors

9

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Psychological intervention
  • Distancing
  • Incidence (geometry)
  • Medicine
  • Social distance
  • Rate ratio
  • Public health
  • Confidence interval
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