Home-Based Testing and COVID-19 Isolation Recommendations, United States

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 29; no. 9; pp. 1921 - 1924
• Main Authors: Moonan, Patrick K, Smith, Jonathan P, Borah, Brian F, Vohra, Divya, Matulewicz, Holly H, DeLuca, Nickolas, Caruso, Elise, Loosier, Penny S, Thorpe, Phoebe, Taylor, Melanie M, Oeltmann, John E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.09.2023; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Contact tracing; Control; COVID-19; Disease control; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Dispatch; Epidemics; Health aspects; Health surveillance; Home care; Home medical tests; Home-Based Testing and COVID-19 Isolation Recommendations, United States; Methods; Public health; respiratory infections; SARS-CoV-2; Self-examination, Medical; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Surveys; United States; viruses; zoonoses; United States; United States > US; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; diagnostics; viruses; United States; contact tracing; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; zoonoses; isolation; self-testing; respiratory infections
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2909.230494

Using a nationally representative panel survey, we examined isolation behaviors among persons in the United States who had positive SARS-CoV-2 test results during January 2021-March 2022. Compared with persons who received provider-administered results, persons with home-based results had 29% (95% CI 5%-47%) lower odds of following isolation recommendations.