Collecting close-contact social mixing data with contact diaries: reporting errors and biases
Collecting close-contact social mixing data with contact diaries: reporting errors and biases
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DOI：
10.1017/s0950268811001130
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发表时间：
2012-04-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Scholz, R. W.
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作者：
Smieszek, T.;Burri, E. U.;Scholz, R. W.
接触网络的分析对于理解疾病传播的动力学起着重要作用。经验联系数据通常通过联系人日记收集。这类研究依赖于自我报告的对接触的看法，通常不安排验证。我们的研究是基于一个完整的网络研究设计，允许在接触日记研究报告的准确性分析。我们收集了三个研究小组的员工在一个工作周内的接触数据。我们发现，在所有报告的接触中，有三分之一以上是由两个接触伙伴中的一个报告的。在短暂、非密集接触的情况下，不报告最为常见。我们估计忘记联系人的概率
The analysis of contact networks plays a major role to understanding the dynamics of disease spread. Empirical contact data is often collected using contact diaries. Such studies rely on self-reported perceptions of contacts, and arrangements for validation are usually not made. Our study was based on a complete network study design that allowed for the analysis of reporting accuracy in contact diary studies. We collected contact data of the employees of three research groups over a period of 1 work week. We found that more than one third of all reported contacts were only reported by one out of the two involved contact partners. Non-reporting is most frequent in cases of short, non-intense contact. We estimated that the probability of forgetting a contact of