Self-tests for COVID-19: What is the evidence? A living systematic review and meta-analysis (2020–2023)

A Anand, F Vialard, A Esmail… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
COVID-19 self-testing strategy (COVIDST) can rapidly identify symptomatic and
asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals and their contacts, potentially reducing …

People's willingness to use COVID-19 self-testing in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey

M Folayan, S Shilton, V Undelikwo, O Alaba… - Bmj Open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Nigeria has been badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the poor testing
coverage in the country may make controlling the spread of COVID-19 challenging. The aim …

Public's Willingness to Perform COVID-19 Self-Testing During the Transition to the Endemic Phase in Malaysia–A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study

DLC Ng, MA Bin Jamalludin, XY Gan… - … and Healthcare Policy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Malaysia entered the transition to the endemic phase of Coronavirus 2019
(COVID-19) on 1st April 2022. This study aims to determine the public's willingness to …

Acceptability and willingness of UAE residents to use OTC vending machines to deliver self-testing kits for COVID-19 and the implications

AA Jairoun, SS Al Hemyari, NM Abdulla… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Self-testing kits for SARS-CoV-2 appear effective, practical, safe and reliable as
well as helping patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms to be successfully managed at …

[HTML][HTML] Values of COVID-19 self-testing among urban and rural South Africans: A cross-sectional survey

AN Brumwell, GB Babatunde, MW Wilson… - Preventive Medicine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Self-testing for COVID-19 may be a preferable strategy for identifying SARS-CoV-2 infection
among populations in low-and middle-income settings. To determine South Africans' values …

Implementing a pilot study of COVID-19 self-testing in high-risk populations and remote locations: results and lessons learnt

E Marbán-Castro, V Getia, M Alkhazashvili… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Rapid antigen-detection tests for SARS-CoV-2 self-testing represent a useful
tool for pandemic control and expanding access to community-level case screening. COVID …

COVID-19 self-testing in Brazil and the imminent risk of underreporting cases

LAR Oliveira, MJS Bortolini, EA Taketomi… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, several strategies
for identifying and isolating positive cases have been developed to control viral …

Implementation pilot study of community self-testing for COVID-19 among employees of manufacturing industries and their household members in 2022 to 2023

HK Chan, E Marbán-Castro, SA Rahman… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
COVID-19 self-testing is essential for enabling individuals to self-care, screen themselves
and, if positive, isolate themselves. Since 2021, COVID-19 self-tests have been extensively …

Cost of SARS-CoV-2 self-test distribution programmes by different modalities: a micro-costing study in five countries (Brazil, Georgia, Malaysia, Ethiopia and the …

MA Hansen, NA Lekodeba, JM Chevalier… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Diagnostic testing is an important tool to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, yet
access to and uptake of testing vary widely 3 years into the pandemic. The WHO …

[HTML][HTML] The contribution of SARS-CoV-2 to the burden of acute respiratory infections in winter season 2022/2023: results from the DigiHero study

N Glaser, S Diexer, B Klee, O Purschke… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives In winter of 2022/2023 SARS-CoV-2 had developed into one of many seasonal
respiratory pathogens, causing an additional burden of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) …