Alonso-Vega Cristina, Pérez Silvia, Posada Elizabeth de Jesús, Mallén Beatriz, Cabañas Jazmín, Villarroel Luis Rodrigo, Alé María Victoria, Vera Luis Rolando, Burgos Verónica, Irala Sandra, Rabinovich Nelly Regina
ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain.
ECO Team Paraguay, Asunción, Paraguay.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2025 May 9;58:e007182024. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0381-2024. eCollection 2025.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic posed challenges for health systems in rapidly diagnosing diseases.
Community workshops and a self-administered questionnaire were implemented to determine the feasibility of self-testing for future epidemics and gain an understanding of community interest and the capacity to implement self-tests in two rural areas in Paraguay.
Comprehension of the self-test procedures and their application was demonstrated by 99% of the participants. The participants expressed interest in accessing these tests at home.
Self-tests could be a valuable tool in urban and rural communities that enable health systems to focus on severe cases.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行给卫生系统快速诊断疾病带来了挑战。
开展社区研讨会和自行填写的问卷调查，以确定自我检测在未来疫情中的可行性，并了解巴拉圭两个农村地区社区对自我检测的兴趣及实施自我检测的能力。
99%的参与者展示了对自我检测程序及其应用的理解。参与者表示有兴趣在家中进行这些检测。
自我检测可能是城乡社区的一项宝贵工具，可使卫生系统将重点放在重症病例上。
