Can diagnostic self-testing of laypeople be predicted by core concepts of health behaviour theories? A comparison between German self-testers and non-self-testers

Socio-demographic, health-related, and individual correlates of diagnostic self-testing by lay people: Results from a representative survey in Germany

“…There was also no significant association between self-efficacy , measured with the ASKU, and the use of a self-test. This is in line with two previous studies, which found no association between (1) general self-efficacy, measured with the General Self-Efficacy scale [ 20 ], and self-test use in a factorial survey with 208 participants [ 21 ], and between (2) general self-efficacy, measured with the ASKU and self-test use, in a cross-sectional internet survey of 505 actual self-testers and 512 non-testers in Germany [ 22 ]. In contrast, a positive association between specific self-test-related self-efficacy was found both in a cross-sectional internet survey of 513 Dutch self-testers and 600 non-testers [ 4 ], as well as in the abovementioned cross-sectional internet survey in Germany.…”

Das Angebot von medizinisch-diagnostischen Selbsttests auf deutschsprachigen Internetseiten: Ergebnisse einer systematischen Recherche

“…Angesichts des aktuellen Ärztemangels in Deutschland, insbesondere in ländlichen Gebieten, und der länger werdenden Wartezeiten für Facharzttermine [22] hat das Thema der Inanspruchnahme von Selbsttests eine große praktische und gesellschaftspolitische Relevanz, welches sich ebenfalls in aktuellen Studien zur Selbstmedikation wiederspiegelt [23]. Daher werden im Moment weitere Studien zu den Determinanten und Korrelaten der Inanspruchnahme von Selbsttests und dem Folgeverhalten durchgeführt [24,25].…”