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Editor, Senior Moderator
BMC Public Health
. 2023 Nov 17;23(1):2281.
doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17121-5. Association of known SARS-CoV-2 serostatus and adherence to personal protection measures and the impact of personal protective measures on seropositivity in a population-based cross-sectional study (MuSPAD) in Germany
R Kettlitz[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 [/SUP], M Harries[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], J Ortmann[SUP] 4 [/SUP], G Krause[SUP] 4 5 6 [/SUP]; MuSPAD Team; A Aigner[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 7 [/SUP], B Lange[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 4 5 6 [/SUP]
Collaborators, Affiliations
Background: In 2020/2021 in Germany, several non-pharmacological interventions were introduced to lower the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We investigated to what extent knowledge of prior infection with SARS-CoV-2 or vaccination status influenced the use of personal protection measures (PPM). Further, we were interested in the effect of compliance with PPM on SARS-CoV-2 serostatus.
Methods: Data was based on a sequential, multilocal seroprevalence study (MuSPAD), carried out in eight locations from July 2020 to August 2021. We estimated the association between a known SARS-CoV-2 serostatus (reported positive PCR test or vaccination) and self-reported PPM behavior (hand hygiene, physical distancing, wearing face mask), just as the association of PPM compliance with seropositivity against nucleocapsid (NC), receptor-binding domain (RBD), and spike protein (S) antigens. We identified relevant variables and deduced adjustment sets with directed acyclic graphs (DAG), and applied mixed logistic regression.
Results: Out of the 22,297 participants (median age: 54 years, 43% male), 781 were classified as SARS-CoV-2-infected and 3,877 had a vaccinated immune response. Vaccinated individuals were less likely to keep 1.5 m distance [OR = 0.74 (95% CI: 0.57-0.97)] and only partly physically distanced [OR = 0.71 (95% CI: 0.58-0.87)]. Participants with self-reported positive PCR test had a lower chance of adhering partly to physical distancing [OR = 0.70 (95% CI: 0.50-0.99)] in comparison to the reference group. Higher odds of additionally wearing a face mask was observed in vaccinated [OR = 1.28 (95% CI: 1.08-1.51)] even if it was not obligatory. Overall, among unvaccinated participants, we found little evidence of lower odds of seropositivity given mask wearing [OR: 0.91 (95% CI: 0.71-1.16)], physical distancing [OR: 0.84 (95% CI: 0.59-1.20)] and no evidence for completely adhering to hand cleaning [OR: 0.97 (95% CI: 0.29-3.22)].
Conclusions: A known confirmed prior infection and vaccination may have the potential to influence adherence to PPM.
Keywords: Germany; Non-pharmacological interventions; Personal protection measures; SARS-CoV-2; Seroepidemiologic studies; Serostatus.
. 2023 Nov 17;23(1):2281.
doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17121-5. Association of known SARS-CoV-2 serostatus and adherence to personal protection measures and the impact of personal protective measures on seropositivity in a population-based cross-sectional study (MuSPAD) in Germany
R Kettlitz[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 [/SUP], M Harries[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], J Ortmann[SUP] 4 [/SUP], G Krause[SUP] 4 5 6 [/SUP]; MuSPAD Team; A Aigner[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 7 [/SUP], B Lange[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 4 5 6 [/SUP]
Collaborators, Affiliations
- PMID: 37978484
- PMCID: PMC10657116
- DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17121-5
Background: In 2020/2021 in Germany, several non-pharmacological interventions were introduced to lower the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We investigated to what extent knowledge of prior infection with SARS-CoV-2 or vaccination status influenced the use of personal protection measures (PPM). Further, we were interested in the effect of compliance with PPM on SARS-CoV-2 serostatus.
Methods: Data was based on a sequential, multilocal seroprevalence study (MuSPAD), carried out in eight locations from July 2020 to August 2021. We estimated the association between a known SARS-CoV-2 serostatus (reported positive PCR test or vaccination) and self-reported PPM behavior (hand hygiene, physical distancing, wearing face mask), just as the association of PPM compliance with seropositivity against nucleocapsid (NC), receptor-binding domain (RBD), and spike protein (S) antigens. We identified relevant variables and deduced adjustment sets with directed acyclic graphs (DAG), and applied mixed logistic regression.
Results: Out of the 22,297 participants (median age: 54 years, 43% male), 781 were classified as SARS-CoV-2-infected and 3,877 had a vaccinated immune response. Vaccinated individuals were less likely to keep 1.5 m distance [OR = 0.74 (95% CI: 0.57-0.97)] and only partly physically distanced [OR = 0.71 (95% CI: 0.58-0.87)]. Participants with self-reported positive PCR test had a lower chance of adhering partly to physical distancing [OR = 0.70 (95% CI: 0.50-0.99)] in comparison to the reference group. Higher odds of additionally wearing a face mask was observed in vaccinated [OR = 1.28 (95% CI: 1.08-1.51)] even if it was not obligatory. Overall, among unvaccinated participants, we found little evidence of lower odds of seropositivity given mask wearing [OR: 0.91 (95% CI: 0.71-1.16)], physical distancing [OR: 0.84 (95% CI: 0.59-1.20)] and no evidence for completely adhering to hand cleaning [OR: 0.97 (95% CI: 0.29-3.22)].
Conclusions: A known confirmed prior infection and vaccination may have the potential to influence adherence to PPM.
Keywords: Germany; Non-pharmacological interventions; Personal protection measures; SARS-CoV-2; Seroepidemiologic studies; Serostatus.