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Rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection self-tests to increase COVID-19 case detection in Peru: A qualitative study.

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dc.contributor.author Torres Slimming, Paola Alejandra
dc.contributor.author Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio
dc.contributor.author Martínez-Pérez, Guillermo Z.
dc.contributor.author Mallma Salazar, Patricia Silvia
dc.contributor.author Pflucker Oses, Cristina Paola
dc.contributor.author Shilton, Sonjelle
dc.coverage.spatial Lima, Perú
dc.coverage.spatial Valle del Mantaro, Junín, Perú
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-23T15:49:34Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-23T15:49:34Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/13278
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic heavily impacted many low- and middle-income countries, such as Peru, overwhelming their health systems. Rapid antigen-detection self-tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have been proposed as a portable, safe, affordable, and easy-to-perform approach to improve early detection and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in resource-constrained populations where there are gaps in access to healthcare. OBJECTIVE: In 2021, a qualitative study was conducted in two areas of Peru (urban Lima and rural Valle del Mantaro), which aimed to explore decision-makers' values and attitudes around SARS-CoV-2 self-testing. METHODS: Purposive sampling was used to identify representatives of various civil society communities, healthcare workers, and potential implementers, to act as informants whose voices would provide a proxy for the public's attitudes around self-testing. The study received ethics approval from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru. RESULTS: In total, 30 informants participated in individual, semi-structured interviews, and 29 informants participated in five focus group discussions. Self-tests were considered to represent an approach to increase access to testing that both the rural and urban public in Peru would accept. The public would prefer saliva-based self-tests and would prefer to access them in their community pharmacies. Information about how to perform a self-test should be clear for each population subgroup in Peru. The tests should be of high quality and low cost. Health-informed communication strategies must accompany any introduction of self-testing. CONCLUSIONS: In Peru, decision-makers consider that the public would be willing to accept SARS-CoV-2 self-tests if they were accurate, safe to use, easily available, and affordable. Adequate information about the self-tests' features and instructions, as well as about post-use access to counseling and care, must be made available through the Ministry of Health in Peru. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher JMIR Publications
dc.relation.ispartofseries JMIR formative research
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject COVID-19 en_US
dc.subject self-testing en_US
dc.subject diagnostics en_US
dc.subject qualitative research en_US
dc.subject testing en_US
dc.subject virus en_US
dc.subject detection en_US
dc.subject health en_US
dc.subject decision-making en_US
dc.subject public en_US
dc.subject willingness en_US
dc.subject health system en_US
dc.subject.mesh Perú
dc.subject.mesh COVID-19
dc.subject.mesh Autoevaluación
dc.subject.mesh Diagnóstico
dc.subject.mesh Investigación Cualitativa
dc.subject.mesh Virus
dc.subject.mesh Salud
dc.subject.mesh Toma de Decisiones
dc.subject.mesh Sistemas de Salud
dc.title Rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection self-tests to increase COVID-19 case detection in Peru: A qualitative study. en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.2196/43183
dc.relation.issn 2561-326X


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