Acceptability of contact management and care of simple cases of COVID-19 at home: a cross-sectional study in Senegal

  1. Mouhamadou Faly Ba
  2. Valéry Ridde
  3. Amadou Ibra Diallo
  4. Jean Augustin Diégane Tine
  5. Babacar Kane
  6. Ibrahima Gaye
  7. Zoumana Traoré
  8. Emmanuel Bonnet
  9. Adama Faye

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Abstract

Background

COVID-19 is a major public health problem. In mid-2020, due to the health system challenges from increased COVID-19 cases, the Ministry of Health and Social Action in Senegal opted for contact management and care of simple cases at home. The objective of the study was to determine the acceptability of contact and simple case management of COVID-19 at home and its associated factors in Senegal.

Methods

This was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study. We collected data from 11 June to 10 July 2020. We used a marginal quota sampling strategy. A total of 813 individuals took part in the survey. We collected data using a telephone interview.

Results

The care of simple cases of COVID-19 at home was well accepted (78.5%). The use of home contact management was less accepted (51.4%). Knowledge of the modes of transmission of the virus and confidence in institutional information were associated with the acceptability of home care for simple cases. Regularly searching for information on COVID-19 and confidence in the government's control of the epidemic were associated with the acceptability of managing contacts at home.

Conclusions

Authorities should take these factors into account for better communication to improve the acceptability and confidence in home-based care for COVID-19 and future epidemics.

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  1. Version published to 10.1093/trstmh/trac094
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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board StatementIRB: Ethics: The study was approved by the National Ethics Committee for Health Research in Senegal (SEN/20/23).
    RandomizationWe randomly generated a nine-digit telephone number list from mobile telephone numbers attributable to Senegal using the Random Digit Dialing (RDD) method.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variableThe average age in Senegal is 19 years, and males make up 49.7% of the population [21].

    Table 2: Resources

    No key resources detected.

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).

    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.

    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.

    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.

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    • No funding statement was detected.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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  3. Version published to 10.1101/2021.03.10.21253266v1 on medRxiv