COVID Screening Strategies in Homeless Shelters
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- COVID-19
- Interventions
- Diagnostic Test: COVID-19 Swab
- Registration Number
- NCT04438070
- Lead Sponsor
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
- 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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 400
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
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Daily active screening only COVID-19 Swab - Daily active screening and self-collected oral-nasal swab COVID-19 Swab - Daily active screening and nurse collected nasopharyngeal swab COVID-19 Swab - Daily active screening and self-collected nasal swab COVID-19 Swab -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method COVID-19 Detection Rate 8 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of outbreaks 8 weeks Enrollment over time 8 weeks
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Various Homeless Shelters
🇨🇦Hamilton, Ontario, Canada