The Respiratory Specimen Collection Trial (ReSpeCT): a randomized controlled trial to compare quality and timeliness of respiratory sample collection in the home by parents and healthcare workers from children aged <2 years

Most acute respiratory infection (ARI) research focuses on severe disease and overlooks the burden of community-managed illness. For community-based studies, home-based specimen collection by parents could be a resource-saving alternative to collection by healthcare workers (HCWs). In this study, we compared parent and HCW groups for their likelihood to collect specimens and the timeliness and quality of such collection.In this unblinded randomized controlled trial, parents from Brisbane, Australia, were taught to identify new ARI episodes in their children age