Is Symptom Screening Useful for Identifying COVID-19 Infection in School Settings? Georgia, USA

Autor/inn/en	Swanson, Megan; Hast, Marisa; Burnett, Eleanor; Oraka, Emeka; Kimball, Anne; Morris, Elana; Marcet, Paula L.; Almendares, Olivia; Franklin, Rachel; Mehari, Lemlem; McCloud, Jazmyn; Kirking, Hannah L.; Tate, Jacqueline E.; Scott, Colleen
Titel	Is Symptom Screening Useful for Identifying COVID-19 Infection in School Settings? Georgia, USA
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 37 (2021) 6, S.503-512 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Swanson, Megan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/10598405211050393
Schlagwörter	Symptoms (Individual Disorders); COVID-19; Pandemics; Screening Tests; Disease Control; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; High School Students; School Personnel; Family (Sociological Unit); Children; Adolescents; Public Schools; Public Health; Georgia (Atlanta) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Screening-Verfahren; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Schulpersonal; Familie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Gesundheitswesen
Abstract	This study's goal was to characterize the utility of symptom screening in staff and students for COVID-19 identification and control of transmission in a school setting. We conducted a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data for staff, students and associated household members in a Georgia school district exposed to COVID-19 cases who received RT-PCR testing and symptom monitoring. Among positive contacts, 30/49 (61%) of students and 1/6 (17%) of staff reported no symptoms consistent with COVID-19. Symptom sensitivity was 30% in elementary students and 42% in middle/high students. Fifty-three percent (10/19) of symptomatic positive contacts had at least one household member test positive for SARS-CoV-2 compared with 50% (10/20) of asymptomatic positive contacts. The absence of symptoms in children is not indicative of a lack of SARS-CoV-2 infection or reduced risk of infection for associated household members. Testing all close contacts of people with COVID-19 in schools is needed to interrupt transmission networks. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01