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Acceptability and Willingness of UAE Residents to Use OTC Vending Machines to Deliver Self-Testing Kits for COVID-19 and the Implications
PURPOSE: Self-testing kits for SARS-CoV-2 appear effective, practical, safe and reliable as well as helping patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms to be successfully managed at home without going to hospital. As a result, ease pressures on hospitals. OTC vending machines offer the potential for SAR...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9419902/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36039076 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S370441 |
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author | Jairoun, Ammar Abdulrahman Al hemyari, Sabaa Saleh Abdulla, Naseem Mohammed Shahwan, Moyad Hashim Jaber Bilal, Farah AL-Tamimi, Saleh Karamah Jairoun, Maimona Zyoud, Samer H Kurdi, Amanj Godman, Brian |
author_facet | Jairoun, Ammar Abdulrahman Al hemyari, Sabaa Saleh Abdulla, Naseem Mohammed Shahwan, Moyad Hashim Jaber Bilal, Farah AL-Tamimi, Saleh Karamah Jairoun, Maimona Zyoud, Samer H Kurdi, Amanj Godman, Brian |
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description | PURPOSE: Self-testing kits for SARS-CoV-2 appear effective, practical, safe and reliable as well as helping patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms to be successfully managed at home without going to hospital. As a result, ease pressures on hospitals. OTC vending machines offer the potential for SARS-CoV-2 self-testing kits alongside making available OTC treatments to alleviate the symptoms of COVID-19. As a result, providing confidentiality alongside ease of use in case people do not want their status broad casted. Consequently, there was a need to assess the acceptability and willingness regarding the availability of OTC vending machines to dispense self-testing kits for SARS-CoV-2 among UAE residents to provide future direction. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey using a designed questionnaire was based on previous research and expert input and pilot tested. All items in the final questionnaire were seen as acceptable with a satisfactory content validity. A purposive sampling strategy was used in the principal study by primarily sending a link to the questionnaire to UAE universities via Facebook and WhatsApp. RESULTS: A total of 876 respondents participated in the study and completed the whole questionnaire. Most participants were female (63%), Arabic origin (42%) and holding a bachelor’s degree (84.5%). There was high acceptability and willingness to use self-testing kits (87.2%), with 88.6% of respondents believing OTC vending machines would be beneficial for patients with actual or suspected SARS-CoV-2. Gender, nationality, educational level, employment status, having relatives infected with SARS-CoV-2 and being vaccinated were significantly associated with attitudes towards the self-testing kits. Recognised barriers include their potential costs, ease of access and help for those who cannot read the instructions. CONCLUSION: Overall, there was high acceptability and willingness to use OTC vending machines to deliver self-testing kits for SARS-CoV-2 among the surveyed participants. Key barriers will need to be addressed to enhance their use. |
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spelling | pubmed-94199022022-08-28 Acceptability and Willingness of UAE Residents to Use OTC Vending Machines to Deliver Self-Testing Kits for COVID-19 and the Implications Jairoun, Ammar Abdulrahman Al hemyari, Sabaa Saleh Abdulla, Naseem Mohammed Shahwan, Moyad Hashim Jaber Bilal, Farah AL-Tamimi, Saleh Karamah Jairoun, Maimona Zyoud, Samer H Kurdi, Amanj Godman, Brian J Multidiscip Healthc Original Research PURPOSE: Self-testing kits for SARS-CoV-2 appear effective, practical, safe and reliable as well as helping patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms to be successfully managed at home without going to hospital. As a result, ease pressures on hospitals. OTC vending machines offer the potential for SARS-CoV-2 self-testing kits alongside making available OTC treatments to alleviate the symptoms of COVID-19. As a result, providing confidentiality alongside ease of use in case people do not want their status broad casted. Consequently, there was a need to assess the acceptability and willingness regarding the availability of OTC vending machines to dispense self-testing kits for SARS-CoV-2 among UAE residents to provide future direction. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey using a designed questionnaire was based on previous research and expert input and pilot tested. All items in the final questionnaire were seen as acceptable with a satisfactory content validity. A purposive sampling strategy was used in the principal study by primarily sending a link to the questionnaire to UAE universities via Facebook and WhatsApp. RESULTS: A total of 876 respondents participated in the study and completed the whole questionnaire. Most participants were female (63%), Arabic origin (42%) and holding a bachelor’s degree (84.5%). There was high acceptability and willingness to use self-testing kits (87.2%), with 88.6% of respondents believing OTC vending machines would be beneficial for patients with actual or suspected SARS-CoV-2. Gender, nationality, educational level, employment status, having relatives infected with SARS-CoV-2 and being vaccinated were significantly associated with attitudes towards the self-testing kits. Recognised barriers include their potential costs, ease of access and help for those who cannot read the instructions. CONCLUSION: Overall, there was high acceptability and willingness to use OTC vending machines to deliver self-testing kits for SARS-CoV-2 among the surveyed participants. Key barriers will need to be addressed to enhance their use. Dove 2022-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9419902/ /pubmed/36039076 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S370441 Text en © 2022 Jairoun et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Jairoun, Ammar Abdulrahman Al hemyari, Sabaa Saleh Abdulla, Naseem Mohammed Shahwan, Moyad Hashim Jaber Bilal, Farah AL-Tamimi, Saleh Karamah Jairoun, Maimona Zyoud, Samer H Kurdi, Amanj Godman, Brian Acceptability and Willingness of UAE Residents to Use OTC Vending Machines to Deliver Self-Testing Kits for COVID-19 and the Implications |
title | Acceptability and Willingness of UAE Residents to Use OTC Vending Machines to Deliver Self-Testing Kits for COVID-19 and the Implications |
title_full | Acceptability and Willingness of UAE Residents to Use OTC Vending Machines to Deliver Self-Testing Kits for COVID-19 and the Implications |
title_fullStr | Acceptability and Willingness of UAE Residents to Use OTC Vending Machines to Deliver Self-Testing Kits for COVID-19 and the Implications |
title_full_unstemmed | Acceptability and Willingness of UAE Residents to Use OTC Vending Machines to Deliver Self-Testing Kits for COVID-19 and the Implications |
title_short | Acceptability and Willingness of UAE Residents to Use OTC Vending Machines to Deliver Self-Testing Kits for COVID-19 and the Implications |
title_sort | acceptability and willingness of uae residents to use otc vending machines to deliver self-testing kits for covid-19 and the implications |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9419902/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36039076 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S370441 |
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