An Early Warning Mobile Health Screening and Risk Scoring App for Preventing In-Hospital Transmission of COVID-19 by Health Care Workers: Development and Feasibility Study

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dc.contributor.authorMbiine, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorNakanwagi, Cephas
dc.contributor.authorLekuya, Herve Monka
dc.contributor.authorAine, Joan
dc.contributor.authorKawesi, Hakim
dc.contributor.authorNabunya, Lilian
dc.contributor.authorTomusange, Henry
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-04T16:34:41Z
dc.date.available2023-09-04T16:34:41Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractHospitals have been identified as very high-risk places for COVID-19 transmission between health care workers and patients who do not have COVID-19. Health care workers are the most at-risk population to contract and transmit the infection, especially to already vulnerable patients who do not have COVID-19. In low-income countries, routine testing is not feasible due to the high cost of testing; therefore, presenting the risk of uncontrolled transmission within non–COVID-19 treatment wards. This challenge necessitated the development of an affordable intermediary screening tool that would enable early identification of potentially infected health care workers and for early real time DNA–polymerase chain reaction testing prioritization. This would limit the contact time of potentially infected health care workers with the patients but also enable efficient use of the limited testing kits. Objective: The aims of this study are to describe an early warning in-hospital mobile risk analysis app for screening COVID-19 and to determine the feasibility and user-friendliness of the app among health care workers. Methods: The primary result of this research project was the development of a mobile-based daily early warning system for in-hospital transmission of COVID-19. Overall, the Early Warning System for In-Hospital Transmission of COVID-19 (EWAS) mobile app was found to be feasible, with over 69% of the health care workers having logged more than 67% of the required times. Over 93% of the participants reported that the tool was easy to use. Results: The primary result of this research project was the development of a mobile-based daily early warning system for in-hospital transmission of COVID-19. Overall, the Early Warning System for In-Hospital Transmission of COVID-19 (EWAS) mobile app was found to be feasible, with 69% of the health care workers (69/100) having logged more than 67% of the required times. Of the 100 participants, 93 reported that the tool was easy to use. Conclusions: The EWAS mobile app is a feasible and user-friendly daily risk scoring tool for preventing in-hospital transmission of COVID-19. Although it was not designed to be a diagnostic tool but rather a screening tool, there is a need to evaluate its sensitivity in predicting persons likely to have contracted COVID-19.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMbiine, R., Nakanwagi, C., Lekuya, H. M., Aine, J., Hakim, K., Nabunya, L., & Tomusange, H. (2021). An early warning mobile health screening and risk scoring app for preventing in-hospital transmission of COVID-19 by health care workers: development and feasibility study. JMIR Formative Research, 5(12), e27521.en_US
dc.identifier.other10.2196/27521
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/9167
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJMIR Formative Researchen_US
dc.subjectmHealthen_US
dc.subjectRisk score for Covid-19en_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectMobile healthen_US
dc.subjectDigital healthen_US
dc.subjectPandemicen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectScreening toolen_US
dc.subjectHealthcare workersen_US
dc.subjectTransmissionen_US
dc.subjectWarning systemen_US
dc.titleAn Early Warning Mobile Health Screening and Risk Scoring App for Preventing In-Hospital Transmission of COVID-19 by Health Care Workers: Development and Feasibility Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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