Table 1 Prevalence for the four test falsification behaviours (FBs) obtained through direct questioning (DQ).

From: Falsification of home rapid antigen lateral flow tests during the COVID-19 pandemic

Description of the behaviour

Prevalence (in %)

FB1: reported a negative test result without doing a test

5.736

FB2: reported a positive test result as negative

4.590

FB3: reported a positive test after having produced a fake positive test

1.714

FB4: shared information about the test for someone else to report it as their own test

2.099

  1. The prevalence (in %) was computed by dividing the total number of “Yes” responses by the total number of overall responses for each FB in the DQ condition.
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