COVID-19
Conditions
Keywords
COVID-19, self-testing, mobile-app, SMARTest, randomized control trial, RCT, antigen test, mobile health, digital health
Brief summary
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.
Detailed description
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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSMARTest mobile app for COVID-19 self-testing
The mobile app has self-testing features and information with regard to self-testing and COVID-19.
Sponsors
Columbia University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Participants will either be given access to the self-testing mobile app or not.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 Self-Testing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Questionnaire Score - study initiation | Baseline | 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. |
| COVID-19 Self-Testing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Questionnaire Score - study completion | At study completion (About 1 month after enrollment) | 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. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed