Regular asymptomatic COVID-19 testing in care home staff
- Conditions
- Prevention of severe COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 infection) related outcomes in care home residentsInfections and Infestations
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN13296529
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity College London
- Brief Summary
2023 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37963697/ (added 16/11/2023)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 280
1. Only care home staff are eligible to participate in the testing intervention. This includes temporary (agency) staff with no restrictions i.e. catering staff, administrative staff, maintenance staff, in addition to those in a resident-facing role.
2. All care home staff, residents, visitors and relatives are eligible to participate in interviews undertaken as part of the process evaluation.
3. All care home residents at participating homes are eligible for data collection and analysis of the outcomes specified.
1. Visitors, residents and relatives are not eligible to take part in the testing intervention.
2. Staff who visit the care home to provide care but are not employed by the care home (e.g. GPs, health visitors) are not eligible to take part in either the interviews or the testing intervention
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The incidence of COVID-19-related hospital admissions in residents, defined as admissions with relevant ICD-10 codes (COVID hospitalisations to be defined as any hospital admission record with a primary or secondary ICD10 code of ‘U071’) and/or admissions in residents who test positive for COVID-19 within 24 h following admission or in the 7 days before hospital admission. This has been selected because it is the most important outcome for policymakers.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method