Purpose

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.

Condition

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts 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

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description
Participants will either be given access to the self-testing mobile app or not.
Primary Purpose
Screening
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
Intervention (App) Group
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.
  • Behavioral: SMARTest mobile app for COVID-19 self-testing
    The mobile app has self-testing features and information with regard to self-testing and COVID-19.
No Intervention
Control (No App) Group
Participants in this group will not be given access to the COVID-19 self-testing app (SMARTest). Participants will only receive the 12 COVID-19 self-test kits.

Recruiting Locations

More Details

NCT ID
NCT05701878
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Columbia University

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.

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