Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
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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