Feasibility and Usability of an mHealth App (mLab+) to Guide Users Through HIV and Syphilis Self-Testing: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV self-testing is an important strategy in the US Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative. To facilitate uptake of self-testing, we developed the mLab app, which complements existing self-test options to support the potential for higher uptake of the HIV self-test. Syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection with currently rising prevalence and overlap in risk profiles with HIV, could similarly benefit from the advantages of companion diagnostic mobile apps such as mLab. Due to the success of the mLab app in promoting HIV self-testing during a randomized controlled trial and the scientific evidence of need for at-home syphilis testing, our team developed the mLab+ app, which supports both HIV and syphilis testing through an image processing algorithm that incorporates a dupl

SUBMITTER: Brin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12753130 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature