id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-255910-x807fpa7 Backer, J. A. The impact of physical distancing measures against COVID-19 transmission on contacts and mixing patterns in the Netherlands: repeated cross-sectional surveys 2020-05-20 .txt text/plain 4151 231 53 Contact surveys have been successfully used to quantify the reduction in the number of contacts associated with physical distancing measures in Shanghai and Wuhan, China, estimated at 88% and 86%, respectively (Zhang et al., 2020) , and in the UK (Jarvis et al., 2020) among the adult population, at 74%. By comparing the survey results before and after the implementation of these physical distancing measures, we could determine the impact on the number of contacts made in the community (i.e. outside the household), distinguishing between different age groups, genders, household sizes, days of the week and occupations. We analysed the baseline and physical distancing contact surveys by comparing the number of contacts in the community per participant stratified by several characteristics: age, gender, household size, day of the week, and occupation (as reported in the physical distancing survey, under the assumption that participants did not change occupation between the two surveys). ./cache/cord-255910-x807fpa7.txt ./txt/cord-255910-x807fpa7.txt