Feasibility and Usability of an mHealth App (mLab+) to Guide Users Through HIV and Syphilis Self-Testing: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Maeve Brin, Thomas F Scherr, Janejira Chaiyasit, Jianfang Liu, Maura Abbott, Robert Garofalo, Lisa M Kuhns, Tess Sky, Ian Esliker, Rebecca Schnall, Amaryllis Mavragani · 2025
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Description
Maeve Brin and co-authors piloted in 2025 a phone app that walks users through home self-tests for HIV and syphilis together. Home testing removes clinic barriers, but reading faint test lines alone invites error. The app photographs the dual test and interprets it with an image algorithm, guiding each step.
A pilot randomized trial checked whether people could use it smoothly and whether it held up in real hands. The design builds on an earlier HIV-only app that raised testing rates. A trustworthy two-infection companion could push quiet epidemics into the open.
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| CREATOR | Maeve Brin, Thomas F Scherr, Janejira Chaiyasit, Jianfang Liu, Maura Abbott, Robert Garofalo, Lisa M Kuhns, Tess Sky, Ian Esliker, Rebecca Schnall, Amaryllis Mavragani |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |