SATS is a single site feasibility study to assess the practical and psychological feasibility of using rapid COVID antibody testing of blood obtained from fingertip pin-pricks.
SATS is a feasibility study conducted at a single site - King's College London and South London and Maudsley staff working at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at Denmark Hill, London, England. The practical and psychological feasibility of using rapid COVID antibody testing of blood obtained from fingertip pin-pricks will be assessed.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
400
Acceptability of performing antibody testing procedures involving a capillary blood sample collected via finger-prick
o Acceptability would be represented by the number of participants who consent to and complete the antibody testing procedure.
Time frame: 1 Year
Test validity of the antibody tests that are performed
the number of completed tests that are valid with a positive/negative IgG/IgM result and confirmed with a positive control line compared with invalid test results as confirmed with a negative control result.
Time frame: 1 Year
o Representativeness of participants psychological and behavioural reaction to the testing procedure, their test results, and their willingness to be re-tested.
Assessed by psychometric testing using visual analogue scales
Time frame: 1 Year
o Representativeness of participants sampled
This would be assessed using demographic data collected from participant
Time frame: 1 Year
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