Danish citizens’ preferences for at-home oropharyngeal/nasal SARS-CoV-2 specimen collection

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Introduction: Diagnostic confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 by self-collection of specimens is a reliable method compared with healthcare worker collected samples. Citizens’ preferences for collection methods are unknown, but at-home collection could have several advantages. Methods: This study investigated the preference for guided at-home self-collection versus at-hospital specimen collection by healthcare workers. Results: Among the 3709 participants, at-home swab collection was the preferred setting for 2362 (63.7%) compared with 1347 (36.3%) reporting a preference for an at-hospital swabbing procedure. Conclusion: A high preference for guided at-home self-collection of oropharyngeal/nasal SARS-CoV-2 specimens exists and could be a future norm beyond COVID-19.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases
Vol/bind109
Sider (fra-til)195-198
Antal sider4
ISSN1201-9712
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2021

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Funding Information:
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. The Salling Foundations supported the study with an unrestricted grant with no influence on study design, conduct, or reporting (grant number: NA). The protocol of the DANMASK-19 trial was presented to the independent regional scientific ethics committee of the Capital Region of Denmark and the study did not require ethics approval (H-20023709) in accordance with Danish legislation. Further details of this can be found in the supplement to the DANMASK-19 trial.

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