SynthesisPloS one2021
The effect of different COVID-19 public health restrictions on mobility: A systematic review.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- An updated synthesis of environmental factors influencing mobility and social participation in older adults: results from a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Modelling the spread of infectious diseases in public transport systems under varying demand patterns and capacity constraints.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Revealing spatiotemporal variations in areas potentially linked to COVID-19 spread using fine-grained population data.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on facial laceration trends: a comparative analysis of pre- and intra-pandemic data.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2025Article
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- The effects of public health and social measures (PHSM) implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic: An overview of systematic reviews.Cochrane evidence synthesis and methods · 2024Review
- The impact of health inequity on spatial variation of COVID-19 transmission in England.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- Travel distance, frequency of return, and the spread of disease.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Impacts on Human Movement in Australian Cities Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Effects of non-compulsory and mandatory COVID-19 interventions on travel distance and time away from home, Norway, 2021.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2023Article
- The COVID-19 Mortality Rate Is Associated with Illiteracy, Age, and Air Pollution in Urban Neighborhoods: A Spatiotemporal Cross-Sectional Analysis.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Sedentary behaviour, physical activity, and sleep among office workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison of Brazil and Sweden.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Use of Alcohol, Cannabinoids, Psychostimulants, and Sedatives before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Students in 40 European Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Collateral Effect of COVID-19 on the Epidemiology of Airborne/Droplet-Transmitted Notifiable Infectious Diseases in Taiwan.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The relationship between new PCR positive cases and going out in public during the COVID-19 epidemic in Japan.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries have introduced non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as stay-at-home orders, to reduce person-to-person contact and break trains of transmission. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effect of different public health restrictions on mobility across different countries and cultures. The University of Bern COVID-19 Living Evidence database of COVID-19 and SARS-COV-2 publications was searched for retrospective or prospective studies evaluating the impact of COVID-19 public health restrictions on Google Mobility. Titles and abstracts were independently screened by two authors. Information from included studies was extracted by one researcher and double checked by another. Risk of bias of included articles was assessed using the Newcastle Ottowa Scale. Given the heterogeneous nature of the designs used, a narrative synthesis was undertaken. From the search, 1672 references were identified, of which 14 were included in the narrative synthesis. All studies reported data from the first wave of the pandemic, with Google Mobility Scores included from January to August 2020, with most studies analysing data during the first two months of the pandemic. Seven studies were assessed as having a moderate risk of bias and seven as a low risk of bias. Countries that introduced more stringent public health restrictions experienced greater reductions in mobility, through increased time at home and reductions in visits to shops, workplaces and use of public transport. Stay-at-home orders were the most effective of the individual strategies, whereas mask mandates had little effect of mobility.
conclusionsPublic health restrictions, particularly stay-at-home orders have significantly impacted on transmission prevention behaviours. Further research is required to understand how to effectively address pandemic fatigue and to support the safe return back to normal day-to-day behaviours.
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