COVID-19 Self-testing Study

Columbia University100 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to understand how the introduction of an app-based intervention changes knowledge, attitudes, and practices on COVID-19 self-testing.

Rapid diagnostic testing has been shown to be an important tool in controlling the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic by identifying people when they are likely to be most contagious and reducing crowding at testing sites. In addition to employer-mandated testing, rapid antigen tests are becoming increasingly used by individuals. A method to promote frequent self-testing would help break the chain of viral transmission, slow the spread of disease, slow the spread of vaccine-resistant variants, and improve pandemic management. The ubiquity of smartphones along with their data connectivity capabilities and onboard sensors make them an attractive tool to complement rapid diagnostic tests and an important component of decentralized testing. Smartphone-based tools have shown high acceptability among healthcare workers for the real-time tracking of rapid test results.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SCREENING

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

COVID-19

Interventions

SMARTest mobile app for COVID-19 self-testingBEHAVIORAL

The mobile app has self-testing features and information with regard to self-testing and COVID-19.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * English-speaking * 18 years old or older * Owns a smartphone running either Android or iOS operating systems * Willing to download a COVID-19 self-testing app * Willing to receive and send text messages for the study (and fill out surveys linked from text messages) Exclusion Criteria: * Not willing to self-test themselves with COVID-19 rapid tests

Locations (1)

ICAP Harlem Prevention Center

New York, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

COVID-19 Self-Testing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Questionnaire Score - study initiation

COVID-19 Rapid Tests Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Questionnaire is a self-assessment measuring participant attitudes, knowledge, and practices toward COVID-19 rapid tests and self-testing.

Time frame: Baseline

COVID-19 Self-Testing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Questionnaire Score - study completion

COVID-19 Rapid Tests Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Questionnaire is a self-assessment measuring participant attitudes, knowledge, and practices toward COVID-19 rapid tests and self-testing.

Time frame: At study completion (About 1 month after enrollment)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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