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. 2021 May 28;153:104508. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104508

Table 9.

Sources of data bias [14,27].

Source Features
Age of the sampled population The highest proportion of CDS users were those of 20−29 years (44.02%) and 30−39 years (26.96%). The predominant age groups were, in descending order, those of 10−19 years (18.65%), 20−29 years (17.54%), 0−9 years (16.65%), and 40–49-years (13.29%). Children under 10 years were not considered in this study.
The predominant CDS groups are adults with a smartphone and internet connection. The elderly population is less likely to have access to and master the mobile technology deployed in the field; the analysis was directed to risk cases younger than 65 years.
Availability of technological resources The CDS app was available for Android OS only; 68.3% of Mexico’s population has access to a smartphone, with 82.5% Android OS users, and 17.1% iOS users; the rest use Samsung, Windows, and PlayStation devices.
Availability of PCR COVID-19 tests Asymptomatic individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 are not eligible for COVID-19 testing due to the limited number of tests available and therefore are not considered in the SSSLP data.