TY - JOUR
T1 - Reattendance and chlamydia retesting rates at 12 months among young people attending Australian general practice clinics 2007-10: a longitudinal study
AU - Weaver, Emma R
AU - Bowring, Anna L
AU - Guy, Rebecca Jane
AU - Van Gemert, Caroline
AU - Hocking, Jane Simone
AU - Boyle, Douglas
AU - Merritt, Tony
AU - Heal, Clare
AU - Lau, Phyllis Min-Yu
AU - Donovan, Basil
AU - Hellard, Margaret Elena
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Background Clinical guidelines commonly recommend annual chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis) testing in young people. General practice (GP) clinics can play an important role in annual testing, as a high proportion of young people attend these clinics annually; however, little is known about the timing of attendance and testing in this setting. Methods: The Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses system extracted consultation and pathology data on 16-29-year-olds attending 25 GP clinics in 2007-10. We calculated the proportion of individuals with an initial negative test that reattended at 12 months (?3 months) and retested at 12 months (?3 months). Individuals with an initial positive test were excluded, as guidelines recommend retesting at 3 months. Results: Among 3852 individuals who had an initial negative test, 2201 (57.1 ) reattended at 12 months; reattendance was higher among females (60.8 ) than males (44.1 ; P
AB - Background Clinical guidelines commonly recommend annual chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis) testing in young people. General practice (GP) clinics can play an important role in annual testing, as a high proportion of young people attend these clinics annually; however, little is known about the timing of attendance and testing in this setting. Methods: The Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses system extracted consultation and pathology data on 16-29-year-olds attending 25 GP clinics in 2007-10. We calculated the proportion of individuals with an initial negative test that reattended at 12 months (?3 months) and retested at 12 months (?3 months). Individuals with an initial positive test were excluded, as guidelines recommend retesting at 3 months. Results: Among 3852 individuals who had an initial negative test, 2201 (57.1 ) reattended at 12 months; reattendance was higher among females (60.8 ) than males (44.1 ; P
UR - http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=SH14079.pdf
U2 - 10.1071/SH14079
DO - 10.1071/SH14079
M3 - Article
VL - 11
SP - 366
EP - 369
JO - Sexual Health
JF - Sexual Health
SN - 1448-5028
IS - 4
ER -