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  • Epidemiology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical role of contact tracing in controlling infectious disease spread.
  • Contact tracing interviews (CTIs) depend on episodic memory, which is susceptible to decay over time.
  • Understanding memory decline in CTIs is crucial for accurate epidemiological data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantitatively estimate the decline in reported contacts during contact tracing interviews (CTIs) based on recall delay.
  • To investigate the influence of age, gender, and memory aid usage on reporting decline.
  • To explore the interaction between recall delay and demographic/behavioral factors.

Main Methods:

  • Emulation of over 15,000 contact tracing interviews (CTIs) using age- and gender-representative samples from the UK and Germany.
  • Quantitative analysis of reported contacts as a function of recall delay.
  • Statistical modeling to assess the impact of age, gender, and memory aid use.

Main Results:

  • The number of reported contacts decreases as a power function of recall delay.
  • Reporting decline was significantly higher for younger individuals and those using memory aids (e.g., schedulers).
  • Older individuals and those not using memory aids exhibited steeper decline functions, indicating a stronger interaction with delay.

Conclusions:

  • Recall of contacts in CTIs significantly declines with increasing delay, following a power law.
  • Age and memory aid usage are significant factors influencing the rate of memory decline in contact tracing.
  • These findings are vital for improving epidemiological models and public health policies for infectious disease management.