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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2020.21.2.85

Systemic Review of Social Contacts of Person to Person Spread of Infections  

Oh, Hyang Soon (Nursing Department, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.21, no.2, 2020 , pp. 85-93 More about this Journal
Abstract
Despite the development of modern medical sciences, the outbreak and spread of infections continue to threaten populations, and the spread of infections among populations is caused by social contacts. There have only been a few studies on social contacts in the Republic of Korea (hereafter Korea). This study identified the types of social contacts in other countries through a systemic literature review and this helped provide basic data for Korea. Twelve studies were finally selected and then published from 2000 to December 2017. The most common study method was a retrospective contact diary (7cases, 58.3%), and random sampling (9cases, 75%). The number of contacts was 4.9-17.7/day, there were more frequent contacts during the weekdays than on weekends, and the most contacted people were those people that met daily. Physical contact was frequent at home. The highest frequency of contacts was between people 5-19 years old. In case of an epidemic, the spread of infection by this age group could be a concern. Assortative mixing was high in the 5-20 years old group, suggesting that this age group may be more likely to spread infection by contact within the same age group. Therefore, a national-wide survey on social contacts will be needed to predict the spread of infections, and to develop infection prevention based on a domestic basis in Korea.
Keywords
Social networking; Contacts tracing; Cross-Infection; Infectious disease transmission; Hand hygiene;
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