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Are Kenyans Likely to Use COVID-19 Self-Testing Kits? Results From a Cross-Sectional Survey
Objectives: To understand the public’s perceptions around rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen self-testing in Kenya, including the drivers of acceptability, willingness to pay, and adherence to hygiene and prevention recommendations following a positive self-test. Methods: A household-based, cross-sectional su...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9459853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36090834 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604918 |
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author | Manguro, Griffins Shilton, Sonjelle Omenda, Sharon Owira, Patrica Batheja, Deepshikha Banerji, Abhik Chabeda, Sophie Vusha Temmerman, Marleen Jako, Walter Ndungu, Joseph Luchters, Stanley Ivanova Reipold, Elena Martínez-Pérez, Guillermo Z. |
author_facet | Manguro, Griffins Shilton, Sonjelle Omenda, Sharon Owira, Patrica Batheja, Deepshikha Banerji, Abhik Chabeda, Sophie Vusha Temmerman, Marleen Jako, Walter Ndungu, Joseph Luchters, Stanley Ivanova Reipold, Elena Martínez-Pérez, Guillermo Z. |
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description | Objectives: To understand the public’s perceptions around rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen self-testing in Kenya, including the drivers of acceptability, willingness to pay, and adherence to hygiene and prevention recommendations following a positive self-test. Methods: A household-based, cross-sectional survey, using a 35-item questionnaire, was conducted in Mombasa and Taita–Taveta counties, Kenya, during August 2021. Individuals aged ≥18 years were enrolled using a stratified sampling approach. Results: There were 419 participants (mean age 35.7 years). A minority (10.5%) had ever tested for SARS-CoV-2. If SARS-CoV-2 self-testing were available, 39.9% and 41.5% would be likely and very likely, respectively, to use it. If unavailable free-of-charge, 63.01% would pay for it. Multivariate analyses suggested that people in rural areas (Coefficient 0.30, 95%CI: 0.11–0.48, p = 0.002), aged 36–55 (Coefficient 0.21, 95%CI: 0.03–0.40, p = 0.023), and employed full time (Coefficient 0.32, 95%CI: 0.06–0.58, p = 0.016) would have more odds to adhere to recommended hygiene and prevention actions. Conclusion: SARS-CoV-2 self-testing was considered acceptable. Availability of self-testing could expand access to COVID-19 testing in Kenya, particularly among rural communities who have limited access to testing, and among mildly symptomatic individuals. |
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spelling | pubmed-94598532022-09-10 Are Kenyans Likely to Use COVID-19 Self-Testing Kits? Results From a Cross-Sectional Survey Manguro, Griffins Shilton, Sonjelle Omenda, Sharon Owira, Patrica Batheja, Deepshikha Banerji, Abhik Chabeda, Sophie Vusha Temmerman, Marleen Jako, Walter Ndungu, Joseph Luchters, Stanley Ivanova Reipold, Elena Martínez-Pérez, Guillermo Z. Int J Public Health Public Health Archive Objectives: To understand the public’s perceptions around rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen self-testing in Kenya, including the drivers of acceptability, willingness to pay, and adherence to hygiene and prevention recommendations following a positive self-test. Methods: A household-based, cross-sectional survey, using a 35-item questionnaire, was conducted in Mombasa and Taita–Taveta counties, Kenya, during August 2021. Individuals aged ≥18 years were enrolled using a stratified sampling approach. Results: There were 419 participants (mean age 35.7 years). A minority (10.5%) had ever tested for SARS-CoV-2. If SARS-CoV-2 self-testing were available, 39.9% and 41.5% would be likely and very likely, respectively, to use it. If unavailable free-of-charge, 63.01% would pay for it. Multivariate analyses suggested that people in rural areas (Coefficient 0.30, 95%CI: 0.11–0.48, p = 0.002), aged 36–55 (Coefficient 0.21, 95%CI: 0.03–0.40, p = 0.023), and employed full time (Coefficient 0.32, 95%CI: 0.06–0.58, p = 0.016) would have more odds to adhere to recommended hygiene and prevention actions. Conclusion: SARS-CoV-2 self-testing was considered acceptable. Availability of self-testing could expand access to COVID-19 testing in Kenya, particularly among rural communities who have limited access to testing, and among mildly symptomatic individuals. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9459853/ /pubmed/36090834 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604918 Text en Copyright © 2022 Manguro, Shilton, Omenda, Owira, Batheja, Banerji, Chabeda, Temmerman, Jako, Ndungu, Luchters, Ivanova Reipold and Martínez-Pérez. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Archive Manguro, Griffins Shilton, Sonjelle Omenda, Sharon Owira, Patrica Batheja, Deepshikha Banerji, Abhik Chabeda, Sophie Vusha Temmerman, Marleen Jako, Walter Ndungu, Joseph Luchters, Stanley Ivanova Reipold, Elena Martínez-Pérez, Guillermo Z. Are Kenyans Likely to Use COVID-19 Self-Testing Kits? Results From a Cross-Sectional Survey |
title | Are Kenyans Likely to Use COVID-19 Self-Testing Kits? Results From a Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_full | Are Kenyans Likely to Use COVID-19 Self-Testing Kits? Results From a Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_fullStr | Are Kenyans Likely to Use COVID-19 Self-Testing Kits? Results From a Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Are Kenyans Likely to Use COVID-19 Self-Testing Kits? Results From a Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_short | Are Kenyans Likely to Use COVID-19 Self-Testing Kits? Results From a Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_sort | are kenyans likely to use covid-19 self-testing kits? results from a cross-sectional survey |
topic | Public Health Archive |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9459853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36090834 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604918 |
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