Contact diaries versus wearable proximity sensors in measuring contact patterns at a conference: method comparison and participants' attitudes.
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2016
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Studies measuring contact networks have helped to improve our understanding of infectious disease transmission. However, several methodological issues are still unresolved, such as which method of contact measurement is the most valid. Further, complete network analysis requires data from most, ideally all, members of a network and, to achieve this, acceptance of the measurement method. We aimed at investigating measurement error by comparing two methods of contact measurement - paper diaries vs. wearable proximity sensors - that were applied concurrently to the same population, and we measured acceptability.Citation
Contact diaries versus wearable proximity sensors in measuring contact patterns at a conference: method comparison and participants' attitudes. 2016, 16:341 BMC Infect. Dis.Affiliation
Helmholtz Centre for infection research, Inhoffenstr. 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.Journal
BMC infectious diseasesPubMed ID
27449511Type
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1471-2334ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/s12879-016-1676-y
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