Research project: 4S Sore Throat Study (Scores and Swabs to Self-assess Sore Throats)
This research aims to see if it is possible (feasible) to do a study of using a scoring system and taking throat swabs in patients with sore throat who are at home. Most people with sore throat do not benefit from taking antibiotics. Self-assessment and self-testing may help target antibiotics to those who are most likely to benefit. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic people with sore throat are commonly assessed remotely by telephone/video consultations, and so self-testing has become more important.
