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Factors influencing the adoption and participation rate of nursing homes staff in a saliva testing screening programme for COVID-19

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  • Benoit Pétré
  • Marine Paridans
  • Nicolas Gillain
  • Eddy Husson
  • Anne-Françoise Donneau
  • Nadia Dardenne
  • Christophe Breuer
  • Fabienne Michel
  • Margaux Dandoy
  • Fabrice Bureau
  • Laurent Gillet
  • Dieudonné Leclercq
  • Michèle Guillaume

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Testing strategies are crucial to prevent and control the spread of covid-19 but suffer from a lack of investment in understanding the human factors that influence their implementation. The aim of this study was to understand the factors that encourage participation and the level of engagement of nursing homes staff in a routine saliva testing programme for COVID-19 In December 2020, nursing homes (n = 571) in Wallonia (Belgium) were invited to participate in a saliva testing programme for their staff. The directors were questioned by telephone at the end of a 3-week pilot phase. 445 nursing homes took part in the evaluation questionnaire, of which 36(8%) answered that they chose not to participate in the testing programme. The average participation rate of nursing staff was 49(±25)%. Perception of the justification of the efforts required for testing and perception of practicability of the procedure were significantly associated with the adoption of the system by the nursing homes directors (OR(95%CI): 5.96(1.97–18.0), p = 0.0016); OR(95%CI): 5.64(1.94–16.4), p = 0.0015 respectively). Staff support, incentives and meetings increased the level of engagement in testing (p

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  • Benoit Pétré & Marine Paridans & Nicolas Gillain & Eddy Husson & Anne-Françoise Donneau & Nadia Dardenne & Christophe Breuer & Fabienne Michel & Margaux Dandoy & Fabrice Bureau & Laurent Gillet & Dieu, 2022. "Factors influencing the adoption and participation rate of nursing homes staff in a saliva testing screening programme for COVID-19," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(6), pages 1-16, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0270551
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270551
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