COVID-19 Self-testing Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: COVID-19
• Interventions: Behavioral: SMARTest mobile app for COVID-19 self-testing

• Registration Number: NCT05701878
• Lead Sponsor: Columbia University

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.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-25
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-27
• Study Start: 2023-04-03
• Primary Completion: 2023-09-06
• Study Completion: 2023-09-06
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-14
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention (App) Group	SMARTest mobile app for COVID-19 self-testing	Participants in this group will be given access to a COVID-19 self-testing app (SMARTest). Access to the app, given exclusively to this group, will be in addition to the 12 COVID-19 self-test kits participants receive.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

ICAP Harlem Prevention Center; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States