Implementation and user satisfaction of a comprehensive telemedicine approach for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 self-sampling: a monocentric, prospective, interventional, open-label, controlled, two-arm feasibility study (Preprint)

The universal availability of smartphones has created new opportunities for innovative telemedicine applications in health care. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the demand for contactless health care services, making SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing a crucial component of pandemic containment.