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Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to Self-Testing Procedure against COVID-19 among Greek Students: A Pilot Study

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on health, economy, society and education. In the effort to return to normalcy, according to the instructions of the Greek Government for the resumption of the operation of schools, a screening Rapid Antigen Detection Test with the method of self-testing...

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Autores principales: Marinos, Georgios, Lamprinos, Dimitrios, Georgakopoulos, Panagiotis, Oikonomou, Evangelos, Zoumpoulis, Georgios, Garmpis, Nikolaos, Garmpi, Anna, Tzalavara, Eirini, Siasos, Gerasimos, Rachiotis, Georgios, Papaioannou, Anastasia, Schizas, Dimitrios, Damaskos, Christos
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9026819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35457427
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084559
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author Marinos, Georgios
Lamprinos, Dimitrios
Georgakopoulos, Panagiotis
Oikonomou, Evangelos
Zoumpoulis, Georgios
Garmpis, Nikolaos
Garmpi, Anna
Tzalavara, Eirini
Siasos, Gerasimos
Rachiotis, Georgios
Papaioannou, Anastasia
Schizas, Dimitrios
Damaskos, Christos
author_facet Marinos, Georgios
Lamprinos, Dimitrios
Georgakopoulos, Panagiotis
Oikonomou, Evangelos
Zoumpoulis, Georgios
Garmpis, Nikolaos
Garmpi, Anna
Tzalavara, Eirini
Siasos, Gerasimos
Rachiotis, Georgios
Papaioannou, Anastasia
Schizas, Dimitrios
Damaskos, Christos
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on health, economy, society and education. In the effort to return to normalcy, according to the instructions of the Greek Government for the resumption of the operation of schools, a screening Rapid Antigen Detection Test with the method of self-testing is required for students twice per week, for the early identification and isolation of positive cases. We aimed to pivotally investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practices related to self-testing procedures against COVID-19 among Greek students. A questionnaire was distributed to a convenient sample of students in the region of Athens. Information about the vaccination coverage against SARS-CoV-2 was also obtained. Our study included 1000 students, with 70% of them having an average grade at school. Most of the participants were aware of coronavirus (98.6%) and the self-test (95.5%). The vast majority of students (97%) performed self-testing twice per week, with the 70% them being assisted by someone else. Nearly one sixth of the participants had been infected by COVID-19 (14%) while 36% of them have already been vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2. In conclusion, we report high compliance with the COVID-19 self-testing procedure among students in Attica, Greece. Older age adolescents are more likely to not comply with the regulations of self-testing. Consequently, tailored interventions targeted at older age adolescents are warranted in order to increase the acceptability of self-testing.
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spelling pubmed-90268192022-04-23 Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to Self-Testing Procedure against COVID-19 among Greek Students: A Pilot Study Marinos, Georgios Lamprinos, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Panagiotis Oikonomou, Evangelos Zoumpoulis, Georgios Garmpis, Nikolaos Garmpi, Anna Tzalavara, Eirini Siasos, Gerasimos Rachiotis, Georgios Papaioannou, Anastasia Schizas, Dimitrios Damaskos, Christos Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on health, economy, society and education. In the effort to return to normalcy, according to the instructions of the Greek Government for the resumption of the operation of schools, a screening Rapid Antigen Detection Test with the method of self-testing is required for students twice per week, for the early identification and isolation of positive cases. We aimed to pivotally investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practices related to self-testing procedures against COVID-19 among Greek students. A questionnaire was distributed to a convenient sample of students in the region of Athens. Information about the vaccination coverage against SARS-CoV-2 was also obtained. Our study included 1000 students, with 70% of them having an average grade at school. Most of the participants were aware of coronavirus (98.6%) and the self-test (95.5%). The vast majority of students (97%) performed self-testing twice per week, with the 70% them being assisted by someone else. Nearly one sixth of the participants had been infected by COVID-19 (14%) while 36% of them have already been vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2. In conclusion, we report high compliance with the COVID-19 self-testing procedure among students in Attica, Greece. Older age adolescents are more likely to not comply with the regulations of self-testing. Consequently, tailored interventions targeted at older age adolescents are warranted in order to increase the acceptability of self-testing. MDPI 2022-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9026819/ /pubmed/35457427 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084559 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lamprinos, Dimitrios
Georgakopoulos, Panagiotis
Oikonomou, Evangelos
Zoumpoulis, Georgios
Garmpis, Nikolaos
Garmpi, Anna
Tzalavara, Eirini
Siasos, Gerasimos
Rachiotis, Georgios
Papaioannou, Anastasia
Schizas, Dimitrios
Damaskos, Christos
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title_short Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to Self-Testing Procedure against COVID-19 among Greek Students: A Pilot Study
title_sort evaluation of knowledge, attitudes and practices related to self-testing procedure against covid-19 among greek students: a pilot study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9026819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35457427
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084559
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