TY - JOUR T1 - Comparison of the pain experienced with anterior nasal swabs and nose and throat swabs in children JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 207 LP - 207 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2021-321708 VL - 107 IS - 2 AU - Rachel Harwood AU - Laura Rad AU - Beatriz Larru AU - Christopher Kelly AU - Simon Kenny A2 - , , Y1 - 2022/02/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/107/2/207.abstract N2 - The mainstay of COVID-19 diagnosis remains the nose and throat swab for reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR).1 Comparison between nose and throat swabs (NTS) and anterior nasal swabs (ANS) has shown a reduction in the sensitivity of RT-PCR from 99% to approximately 80%–90%.2 Novel methods of molecular and antigen testing have also explored the use of alternative respiratory tract samples. An in-hospital pilot study (NCT04629157) of an antigen-based test aimed to compare the pain associated with nose and throat swabs to that experienced with anterior nasal swabs in children.Children undergoing routine NTS for SARS-CoV-2 were consented and underwent an ANS prior to NTS. Children and their parents were asked to score the pain experienced with each swab type on a Likert scale of 0–10. Children used the Wong-Baker Faces Tool to aid this and parents were advised that 0 was … ER -