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Falsification of home rapid antigen lateral flow tests during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ray, Devashish; Dhami, Raenhha; Lecouturier, Jan; McGowan, Laura J; Mukherjee, Aritra; Vlaev, Ivo; Kelly, Michael P; Sniehotta, Falko F.
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  • Ray D; NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science-Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. devashish.ray@newcastle.ac.uk.
  • Dhami R; NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science-Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
  • Lecouturier J; NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science-Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
  • McGowan LJ; NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science-Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
  • Mukherjee A; Biostatistics Research Group, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
  • Vlaev I; NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science-Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
  • Kelly MP; NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science-Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
  • Sniehotta FF; Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, Cambridge, CB2 0SR, UK.
Sci Rep ; 14(1): 3322, 2024 02 09.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38336852
ABSTRACT
During the COVID-19 pandemic, lateral flow tests (LFTs) were used to regulate access to work, education, social activities, and travel. However, falsification of home LFT results was a concern. Falsification of test results during an ongoing pandemic is a sensitive issue. Consequently, respondents may not answer truthfully to questions about LFT falsification behaviours (FBs) when asked directly. Indirect questioning techniques such as the Extended Crosswise model (ECWM) can provide more reliable prevalence estimates of sensitive behaviors than direct questioning. Here we report the prevalence of LFT FBs in a representative sample in England (n = 1577) using direct questioning (DQ) and the ECWM. We examine the role of demographic and psychological variables as predictors of LFT FBs. We show that the prevalence estimates of the FBs in the DQ condition were significantly lower than the ECWM estimates, e.g., reporting a negative result without conducting a test 5.7% DQ vs 18.4% ECWM. Moral norms, subjective norms, anticipated regret, perception of risk to self, and trust in government predicted some of the FBs. Indirect questioning techniques can help provide more realistic and higher quality data about compliance with behavioural regulations to government and public health agencies.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: COVID-19 Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: COVID-19 Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido