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Salud Pública de México
Print version ISSN 0036-3634
Abstract
GONZALEZ-MORALES, Romina et al. Isolation in the fase of symptoms suggestive of Covid-19 or contact with a case: compliance, prevalence, and associated factors. Ensanut 2020 Covid-19. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2021, vol.63, n.6, pp.773-781. Epub Feb 27, 2023. ISSN 0036-3634. https://doi.org/10.21149/12791.
Objective:
To examine compliance to isolation and quarantine recommendations during the early phase of the Covid-19 epidemic in Mexico.
Materials and methods:
Cross-sectional population-based study (National Health and Nutrition Survey 2020 Covid-19). We estimated the prevalence of compliance with recommendations and assessed its association with individual, household and context level variables using log-binomial models.
Results:
48.1% of the population over 10 years old reported staying at home when faced with symptoms or a potential contact with a case. The prevalence was lower in employed vs unemployed population (PR 0.81; 95%IC 0.73-0.89), higher among higher socioeconomic position groups vs lower (RP 1.22; 95%IC 1.08-1.38), and lower among people living in states with an unspecific public health message regarding isolation and quarantine (RP 0.76; 95%IC 0.63-0.91).
Conclusions:
Compliance to isolation and quarantine recommendations was associated with socioeconomic factors and the quality of public health messages during the Covid-19 pandemic in Mexico.
Keywords : Covid-19; quarantine; social isolation; Mexico; public health; nutrition surveys.
