Prioritizing COVID-19 tests based on participatory surveillance and spatial scanning.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd Country of Publication: Ireland NLM ID: 9711057 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1872-8243 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13865056 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Med Inform Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland : Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd., c1997-
    • Subject Terms:
      COVID-19 Testing* ; Population Surveillance*; COVID-19/*diagnosis ; Coronavirus Infections/*diagnosis; Adolescent ; Adult ; Algorithms ; Brazil/epidemiology ; Humans ; Linear Models ; Middle Aged ; Pandemics ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Self Report ; Spatial Analysis ; Young Adult
    • Abstract:
      Objectives: This study aimed to identify, describe and analyze priority areas for COVID-19 testing combining participatory surveillance and traditional surveillance.
      Design: It was carried out a descriptive transversal study in the city of Caruaru, Pernambuco state, Brazil, within the period of 20/02/2020 to 05/05/2020. Data included all official reports for influenza-like illness notified by the municipality health department and the self-reports collected through the participatory surveillance platform Brasil Sem Corona.
      Methods: We used linear regression and loess regression to verify a correlation between Participatory Surveillance (PS) and Traditional Surveillance (TS). Also a spatial scanning approach was deployed in order to identify risk clusters for COVID-19.
      Results: In Caruaru, the PS had 861 active users, presenting an average of 1.2 reports per user per week. The platform Brasil Sem Corona started on March 20th and since then, has been officially used by the Caruaru health authority to improve the quality of information from the traditional surveillance system. Regarding the respiratory syndrome cases from TS, 1588 individuals were positive for this clinical outcome. The spatial scanning analysis detected 18 clusters and 6 of them presented statistical significance (p-value < 0.1). Clusters 3 and 4 presented an overlapping area that was chosen by the local authority to deploy the COVID-19 serology, where 50 individuals were tested. From there, 32 % (n = 16) presented reagent results for antibodies related to COVID-19.
      Conclusion: Participatory surveillance is an effective epidemiological method to complement the traditional surveillance system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by adding real-time spatial data to detect priority areas for COVID-19 testing.
      (Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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      Keywords: COVID-19; Epidemiology; Participatory surveillance; Spatial scanning
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20200903 Date Completed: 20201216 Latest Revision: 20240329
    • Publication Date:
      20240329
    • Accession Number:
      PMC7449898
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104263
    • Accession Number:
      32877853