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Review
. 2022 Nov 30;10(12):2425.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare10122425.

The Apple Mobility Trends Data in Human Mobility Patterns during Restrictions and Prediction of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Artur Strzelecki  1
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Review

The Apple Mobility Trends Data in Human Mobility Patterns during Restrictions and Prediction of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Artur Strzelecki. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

The objective of this systematic review with PRISMA guidelines is to discover how population movement information has epidemiological implications for the spread of COVID-19. In November 2022, the Web of Science and Scopus databases were searched for relevant reports for the review. The inclusion criteria are: (1) the study uses data from Apple Mobility Trends Reports, (2) the context of the study is about COVID-19 mobility patterns, and (3) the report is published in a peer-reviewed venue in the form of an article or conference paper in English. The review included 35 studies in the period of 2020-2022. The main strategy used for data extraction in this review is a matrix proposal to present each study from a perspective of research objective and outcome, study context, country, time span, and conducted research method. We conclude by pointing out that these data are not often used in studies and it is better to study a single country instead of doing multiple-country research. We propose topic classifications for the context of the studies as transmission rate, transport policy, air quality, re-increased activities, economic activities, and financial markets.

Keywords: Apple Mobility Trends Reports; COVID-19; mobility data; systematic review.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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PRISMA flow diagram.
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Word cloud of the most important objective and goals based on Table 2.
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Word cloud of the most important outcomes based on the Table 2.
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