https://socictopen.socict.org/files/original/b039d6325f1b72e5e9812e790aff7872.pdf ee44ba0909f1aa19c9db0403506120e6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Effect of Social Distancing on COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in Iran Since February 20 to May 13, 2020: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alimohamadi Y, Holakouie-Naieni K, Sepandi M, Taghdir M Description An account of the resource Yousef Alimohamadi,1,2 Kourosh Holakouie-Naieni,2 Mojtaba Sepandi,3,4 Maryam Taghdir3 1Pars Advanced and Minimally Invasive Medical Manners Research Center, Pars Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 3Health Research Center, Lifestyle Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 4Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCorrespondence: Mojtaba SepandiHealth Research Center, Lifestyle Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Nosrati Alley, South Sheykhbahaee Ave, Tehran 143591-13189, IranTel +982187555521Email msepandi@bmsu.ac.irBackground and Objective: Numerous actions have been taken to control the COVID-19 pandemic and reduce their morbidity and mortality. One of the most important measures in this regard is social distancing. However, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of social distancing on COVID-19 incidence and mortality. Thus, the current study aimed to assess the effectiveness of social distancing measures on the COVID-19 incidence and mortality in Iran.Materials and Methods: In the current quasi-experimental study, we evaluated the daily incidence cases and the number of deaths of COVID-19 in Iran before and after the implementation of social distancing measures. The segmented regression model was used to analyze the data. We also performed the interrupted time series (ITS) analysis using Newey ordinary least squares (OLS) regression-based methods.Results: After the implementation of social distancing, the trend of both daily new cases and deaths due to COVID-19 was decreasing [(ß = − 1.70 (95% CI = [− 2.30 – − 1.10; P < 0.001])) and (ß = − 0.07 (95% CI = [− 0.10 − − 0.05; P < 0.001], respectively))].Conclusion: Social distancing along with other public health interventions could reduce the morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 to some degrees, and it seems to be crucial to control the pandemic.Keywords: COVID-19, social distancing, Iran, mortality, incidence Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource mortality, Iran, covid-19, Incidence, social distancing Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Biotemas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Public aspects of medicine