Diagnostic accuracy of covid-19 rapid antigen tests with unsupervised self-sampling in people with symptoms in the omicron period: cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the performance of rapid antigen tests with unsupervised nasal and combined oropharyngeal and nasal self-sampling during the omicron period.

Design

Prospective cross sectional diagnostic test accuracy study.

Setting

Three public health service covid-19 test sites in the Netherlands, 21 December 2021 to 10 February 2022.

Participants

6497 people with covid-19 symptoms aged ≥16 years presenting for testing.

Interventions

Participants had a swab sample taken for reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR, reference test) and received one rapid antigen test to perform unsupervised using either nasal self-sampling (during the emergence of omicron, and when omicron accounted for >90% of infections, phase 1) or with combined oro

SUBMITTER: Schuit E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9471225 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature