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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants and smartphones

From: Feasibility of digital contact tracing in low-income settings – pilot trial for a location-based DCT app

Participants characteristics

n (%)Total n = 141

Median age, years (range)

31 (27–36)

Women

82 (58.2)

Profession

 Nurse

41 (29.1)

 Medical student

35 (24.8)

 Midwife

15 (10.6)

 Environmental health

10 (7.1)

 Physician assistant

9 (6.4)

 Security

6 (4.3)

 Maintenance

5 (3.5)

 Social worker

4 (2.8)

 Administration

3 (2.1)

 Pharmacist

2 (1.4)

 Cleaner

2 (1.4)

 Othersa

10 (7.1)

Phone brand

 Tecno

56 (39.7)

 Samsung*

32 (22.7

 Itel

20 (14.2)

 Infinix

9 (6.4)

 BLU

3 (2.1)

 ZTE

3 (2.1)

 Orange

2 (1.4)

 HTC*

2 (1.4)

 LG*

2 (1.4)

 One

2 (1.4)

 Xiaomi

2 (1.4)

 Othersb

7 (4.9)

 unknown

1 (0.7)

Android version

 4

4 (2.8)

 5

7 (5.0)

 6

17 (12.1)

 7

28 (19.9)

 8

43 (30.5)

 9

31 (22.0)

 unknown

11 (7.8)

  1. an = 1: biologist, paramedic, optician, biomedical engineer, laboratory assistant, receptionist, journalist, cook, receptionist, data coordinator
  2. bn = 1: Alcatel, Motorola*, Vivo, A3, MobiWire, Nokia*, Huawei
  3. *previously tested Smartphone brands