ReviewArchives of academic emergency medicine2023
Non-Pharmacologic Interventions in COVID-19 Pandemic Management; a Systematic Review.
Review in Archives of academic emergency medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions as implemented in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of using population-level human mobility data to understand SARS-CoV-2 transmission.Nature communications · 2024Pooled it
- Covalently Immobilized Lignin-Xanthene Conjugates for Persistent Surface Photochemistry and Self-Sterilizing Interfaces Under Ambient Visible Light.Macromolecular rapid communications · 2026Article
- COVID-19 pandemic response in South American countries: lessons learned and recommendations for health strengthening.Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica · 2026Review
- The effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions on influenza throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: an 8-year interrupted time series study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Excess mortality in Europe estimated by EuroMOMO during the COVID-19 pandemic and previous influenza seasons.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Overcoming barriers to medical countermeasures: Strengthening global biosecurity.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Review
- An Epidemic of Parvovirus B19-Induced Aplastic Crises in Pediatric Patients with Hereditary Spherocytosis Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Systematic review of surface disinfection: Spraying versus wiping for COVID-19 prevention.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Review
- Perceptions of respiratory tract infections and their implications for disease prevention practices among older adults in Mysuru, India.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Impact of non-pharmacological interventions on incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: a large population-based observational study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Observational
- Changes in Substance Use Diagnoses in the Great Plains during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Viral interference between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and influenza A viruses.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
- Proceedings of the Clinical Microbiology Open 2023: discussions about pandemic preparedness.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2024Review
- COVID-19: On the threshold of the fifth year. The situation in Spain.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2024Review
- A Look at Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine Journal in 2023.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Influence of non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic on respiratory viral infections - a prospective population-based cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Introduction: Different countries throughout the world have adopted non-pharmacologic interventions to reduce and control SARS - CoV-2. In this systematic approach, the impact of non-pharmacologic interventions in management of COVID-19 pandemic was assessed. Methods: Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, systematic search was carried out on the basis of a search strategy on PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and WHO databases on COVID-19. The impact of travel ban, personal protective equipment, distancing, contact tracing, school closure, and social distancing and the combined effect of interventions on COVID-19 were assessed. Results: Of the 14,857 articles found, 44 were relevant. Studies in different countries have shown that various non-pharmacological interventions have been used during the COVID-19 pandemic. The travel ban, either locally or internationally in most of the countries, movement restriction, social distancing, lockdown, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), quarantine, school closure, work place closure, and contact tracing had a significant impact on the reduction of mortality or morbidity of COVID-19. Conclusion: Evidence shows that the implementation of non-pharmacologic interventions (NPIs), for this study suggests that the effectiveness of any NPI alone is probably limited, thus, a combination of various actions, for example, social distancing, isolation, and quarantine, distancing in the workplace and use of personal protective equipment, is more effective in reducing COVID-19.
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