Feasibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antigen self-testing in school and summer camp attendees

SARS-CoV-2 screening is one of the pillars of non-pharmaceutical preventive strategies to early identify and isolate infected individuals and therefore decrease community incidence. We assessed the feasibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 self-testing with antigen-detecting rap...

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Autores: Colom Cadena, Andreu|||0000-0003-0983-2412, Martínez Riveros, Héctor|||0000-0003-3372-6134, Bordas, Anna|||0000-0001-5640-8433, Alonso García, Lucía|||0000-0001-6015-7438, Montoro-Fernandez, Marcos|||0000-0003-2425-4120, Romano-deGea, Pol|||0000-0002-9519-1764, Vidal-Alaball, Josep|||0000-0002-3527-4242, Solà-Segura, Elisabet, Llibre Codina, Josep Maria|||0000-0002-7158-6753, Revollo, Boris|||0000-0001-9245-2183, Casabona-Barbarà, Jordi|||0000-0003-4816-5536, Agustí, Cristina|||0000-0002-5259-2242
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:281394
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/281394
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3389/fped.2022.975454
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Acceptability and usability
SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing
SARS-CoV-2
School public health
Self-testing
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Sumario:SARS-CoV-2 screening is one of the pillars of non-pharmaceutical preventive strategies to early identify and isolate infected individuals and therefore decrease community incidence. We assessed the feasibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 self-testing with antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests in attendees of educational settings. A total of 305 students (88.15%) and 41 staff (11.85%) from 9 to 56 years old participated in the self-testing procedure and answered the survey at the end of the study. 91.3% (n = 313) did not need help, 96.1% of participants reported the same outcome as the healthcare workers. 94.5% strongly or slightly agree with the statement "I would repeat the experience". The study demonstrates that self-testing is acceptable and usable in children, adolescents and adults when the epidemiological situation may require a systematic screening of these populations, although supervision by health care or previously trained personnel is recommended for younger age groups.

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