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Concordance of SARS-CoV-2 Results in Self-collected Nasal Swabs vs Swabs Collected by Health Care Workers in Children and Adolescents

Concordance of SARS-CoV-2 Results in Self-collected Nasal Swabs vs Swabs Collected by Health Care... Key PointsQuestionAre children and adolescents, aged 4 to 14 years, able to adequately self-collect nasal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 testing after hearing and seeing brief and age-appropriate instructions? FindingsIn a cross-sectional study of 197 symptomatic children and adolescents, self-collected nasal swabs that were positive for SARS-CoV-2 agreed with results from health care worker–collected swabs in 97.8% of participants, while self-collected swabs that were negative agreed with health care worker–collected swabs in 98.1% of participants. MeaningSARS-CoV-2 detection in nasal swabs that were self-collected by school-aged children and adolescents, following simple instructions, demonstrated high agreement with results following collection by health care workers. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

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Publisher
American Medical Association
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Copyright 2022 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.2022.14877
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Abstract

Key PointsQuestionAre children and adolescents, aged 4 to 14 years, able to adequately self-collect nasal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 testing after hearing and seeing brief and age-appropriate instructions? FindingsIn a cross-sectional study of 197 symptomatic children and adolescents, self-collected nasal swabs that were positive for SARS-CoV-2 agreed with results from health care worker–collected swabs in 97.8% of participants, while self-collected swabs that were negative agreed with health care worker–collected swabs in 98.1% of participants. MeaningSARS-CoV-2 detection in nasal swabs that were self-collected by school-aged children and adolescents, following simple instructions, demonstrated high agreement with results following collection by health care workers.

Journal

JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Aug 26, 2022

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