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## Aim To examine public perspectives on lateral flow testing (LFT) for COVID-19. ## Design Online survey with nested semi-structured interviews. ## Setting Birmingham, UK. ## Participants 220 Birmingham residents, 21 of whom took part in an interview. ## Results Fifty-six per cent of respondents had taken an LFT. Reasons for not testing included adherence to other government COVID-19 guidance, having had a vaccination and not thinking LFTs were accurate. In 16% of households with children nobody, including children, was testing. In households where children were testing, their parents or other adults were often not. Those who were testing and eligible for workplace and school testing were more likely to be testing twice weekly. In other settings, respondents were more likely to be testing on a one-off or ad hoc basis. Approximately half of respondents said that they were likely to visit friends and family after a negative test result and 10% that they were unlikely to self-isolate following a positive test result. In interviews, participants who were testing described the peace of mind that testing afforded them prior to activities or interactions with family and friends, includin
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- Author
- Jonathan Mathers; Christopher Poyner; Dean Thompson; Gavin Rudge; Ruth V Pritchett
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)