COVID Screening Strategies in Homeless Shelters

Conditions

COVID-19

Brief summary

Residents in homeless shelters will be randomized to 4 different COVID-19 screening strategies with the primary outcome being COVID-19 detection rate.

Mokashi V, Gilchrist J, Smieja N, Maciejewski J, Marttala S, Beal K, Mbuagbaw L, Bulir D, Smieja M, O'Shea T.

2024-12-28

10.1186/s12879-024-10148-y

Comparison of four COVID-19 screening strategies to facilitate early case identification within the homeless shelter population: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

O'Shea T, Mbuagbaw L, Mokashi V, Bulir D, Gilchrist J, Smieja N, Chong S, Marttala S, Vera V, Cvetkovic A, Smieja M.

2020-11-232 citations

10.1186/s13063-020-04890-2

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTCOVID-19 Swab

Nasal, Oral-Nasal combined or Nasopharyngeal swab

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SCREENING

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

Cluster randomized multi-center trial

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age greater than or equal to 18 * Able to provide oral consent * Able to perform a self-collected swab if in the relevant intervention arm

Exclusion criteria

\-

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
COVID-19 Detection Rate	8 weeks

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Number of outbreaks	8 weeks
Enrollment over time	8 weeks

Countries

Canada

Contacts

Primary ContactTimothy O'Shea, MD

osheat@mcmaster.ca905-521-2100

Backup ContactMarek Smieja, MD, PhD

msmieja@stjosham.on.ca905-521-6021

Outcome results

None listed