TABLE 2. Compliance With and Attitudes Toward Public Health Guidance and Perceptions of Contact Tracing Experience Among PHSKC-Interviewed Cases Who Completed End of I&Q Survey in March 2021 (n = 304).
Compliance with isolation and quarantine | |
Left home for nonmedical reason during isolation period. | 19% |
Shared room with any uninfected household contact(s).a | 43% |
A household contact left home after known exposure.a | 30% |
All household contacts tested for COVID-19.a | 72% |
Attitudes toward “public health guidelines to stay at home and away from others after being diagnosed with COVID-19” | |
I believed the guidelines were important to stopping the spread of COVID-19. | 93% |
The guidelines interfered with my ability to meet responsibilities at home, work, or school. | 33% |
I was worried that following the guidelines would mean losing income. | 28% |
Perceptions of contact tracing experienceb | |
Overall, it was helpful to talk to the contact tracer. | 91% |
The contact tracing team helped me or my family get connected to services. | 70% |
After speaking with the contact tracing team, I better understood how I could protect others from getting COVID-19. | 77% |
The information and referrals provided by the contact tracing team helped me stay home and away from others. | 69% |
The contact tracing team repeated the same questions I had already answered for another group. | 43% |
I felt annoyed or upset after speaking with the contact tracing team. | 6% |
I felt annoyed by daily text messages sent by contact tracing team.c | 8% |
aRestricted to cases who reported to living with 1 or more people who had not been diagnosed with COVID-19.
bThe response options were “agree,” “disagree,” and “neutral”; “percent agree” is reported in the table.
cRestricted to cases who received daily text messages from case investigation and contact tracing team.