Interestingly, it appears this study as been culled.
Yes, there's nothing in the published paper that supports what one of the authors said in a tweet a couple of weeks ago about it being published as soon as they found a journal "brave" enough to publish it.
It would be good if the missing info were to get leaked.
Interestingly, it appears this study as been culled.
Also investigated but NOT published were these bits:-
Thanks. I have ocr'd it for legibility and quoting:
Other Outcome Measures:
1. Difference between the two study groups [Time Frame: 1 month]
Returned swabs
2. Distribution of the face mask users psychological aspects of wearing face masks [Time Frame: 1 month ]
Psychological aspects of face mask wearing in the community
3. Costs associated with wearing vs not wearing face masks [ Time Frame: 1 month]
Cost-effectiveness analyses on the use of surgical face masks
4. Differences in the participants preferences [Time Frame: 1 month ]
Preference for self-conducted home swab vs. healthcare conducted swab at hospital or similar
5. Difference between the two study groups [ Time Frame: 1 month]
Symptoms of COVID-19
6. Difference between the two study groups with stratification between subgroups (age, gender, occupation, comorbidities) [Time Frame: 1 month]
Self-assessed compliance with health authority guideline on hygiene
7. Distribution of the face mask users willingness to wear face masks [ Time Frame: 1 month]
Willingness to wear face masks in the future
8. Healthcare diagnosed COVID-19 between study groups [ Time Frame: 1 month]
Healthcare diagnosed COVI D-19 or identified SARS-CoV-2 infection as assessed by number of participants with antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, and/or positive masc/pharyngeal swab (PCR), mortality associated with COVID-19 and all cause mortality
9. Hospital based diagnostics of bacteria between the two study groups [ Time Frame: 1 month]
Presence of bacteria: Mycoplasma pneumonia, Haemophilus influenza and Legionella pneumophila (to be obtained from registries when made available)
10. Infection in the household between the two study groups [Time Frame: 1 month]
Frequency of infected house-hold members between the two groups
11. Sick leave among participants between the two study groups [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
Frequency of sick leave between the two groups (to be obtained from registries when made available)
12. Predictors of primary outcome; age, gender, size of household, comorbidities, medications, social factors, occupation, mask compliance, compliance to general SARS-CoV-2 recommendations, hours outside home) [Time Frame: 1 month ]
Predictors of primary outcome or its components
