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At-home self-collection of saliva, oropharyngeal swabs and dried blood spots for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis and serology: Post-collection acceptability of specimen… — Europe PMC PMID:32756585

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Original: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/32756585
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236775
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At-home self-collection of saliva, oropharyngeal swabs and dried blood spots for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis and serology: Post-collection acceptability of specimen… — Europe PMC PMID:32756585 — Europe PMC (en), https://europepmc.org/article/MED/32756585 (CC0-1.0); archived copy: https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_b22da80201cb (Metraipolis archive dc_b22da80201cb, sha256 a06510c1a396bf513f89c0e6197657a3950e013003717ade2411d69bb22c4c9e)

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@misc{dcb22da80201cb,
  title = {At-home self-collection of saliva, oropharyngeal swabs and dried blood spots for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis and serology: Post-collection acceptability of specimen… — Europe PMC PMID:32756585},
  howpublished = {Europe PMC (en)},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/32756585},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_b22da80201cb; sha256 a06510c1a396bf513f89c0e6197657a3950e013003717ade2411d69bb22c4c9e},
  year = {2026}
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Background: Options to increase the ease of testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection and immune response are needed. Self-collection of diagnostic specimens at home offers an avenue to allow people to test for SARS-CoV-2 infection or immune response without traveling to a clinic or laboratory. Before this study, survey respondents indicated willingness to self-collect specimens for COVID-related tests, but hypothetical willingness can differ from post-collection acceptability after participants collect specimens. Methods: 153 US adults were enrolled in a study of the willingness and feasibility of patients to self-collect three diagnostic specimens (saliva, oropharyngeal swab (OPS) and dried blood spot (DBS) card) while observed by a clinician through a telehealth session. After the specimens were collected, 148 participants participated in a survey about the acceptability of the collection, packing and shipping process, and their confidence in the samples collected for COVID-related laboratory testing. Results: A large majority of participants (>84%) reported that collecting, packing and shipping of saliva, OPS, and DBS specimens were acceptable. Nearly nine in 10 (87%) reported being confident or very confident that the specimens they collected were sufficient for laboratory analysis.There were no differences in acceptability for any specimen type, packing and shipping, or confidence in samples, by gender, age, race/ethnicity, or educational level. Conclusions: Self-collection of specimens for SARS-CoV-2 testing, and preparing and shipping specimens for analysis, were acceptable in a diverse group of US adults. Further refinement of materials and instructions to support self-collection of saliva, OPS and DBS specimens for COVID-related testing is needed.

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Pubblicazione: PloS one, 2020 (prima pubblicazione 2020-08-05).
Identificativi: PMID 32756585 · PMCID PMC7406082 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0236775.
Descrittori MeSH principali: Patient Compliance.
Pagina: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/32756585 — https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236775. Autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
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