Reichmuth, Martina; Heron, Leonie; Low, Nicola; Althaus, Christian L. (2022). Social contacts and attitudes towards vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from the CoMix study. Bern: University of Bern, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine
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During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, individuals adapted their patterns of
social contact to avoid pathogen exposure and due to government restrictions that aimed to slow down
disease transmission. Studying the changing social contact patterns during the pandemic can play an
important role to improve future pandemic responses. Furthermore, a better understanding of
COVID-19 vaccination uptake and attitudes towards vaccination in different age and socioeconomic
groups can help inform vaccination strategies. CoMix is a social contact survey that follows
households across Europe in real-time over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Switzerland, we
conducted the CoMix study over 24 survey waves from January 2021 to May 2022. Across all survey
waves and participants, the average number of reported contacts was 4.8 per day. The number of
contacts were highest in the age group of 0-18 year olds and lowest in people who are 65 or older.
The survey captured the vaccination uptake in the general population well and participants provided
detailed insights into their reasons to get vaccinated and to not get vaccinated. The CoMix study
provides the first detailed data on social contact patterns in Switzerland. The results from the study
can be used to improve pandemic preparedness, parameterize mathematical models of infectious
disease transmission, and design future vaccination strategies.
Item Type: |
Report (Report) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Reichmuth, Martina Larissa, Heron, Leonie, Low, Nicola, Althaus, Christian |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
Publisher: |
University of Bern, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine |
Funders: |
[191] Swiss Federal Office of Public Health = Bundesamt für Gesundheit ; [222] Horizon 2020 |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Doris Kopp Heim |
Date Deposited: |
10 Feb 2023 16:30 |
Last Modified: |
16 Feb 2023 06:53 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/178618 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/178618 |
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