Low sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and presumptive treatment and high STI positivity among United States females visiting the emergency department after sexual assault.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sexually transmitted infection (STI) treatment guidelines state that the decision to provide STI/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and presumptive treatment after sexual assault (SA) should be made on an individual basis to minimize retraumatization of the patient. However, little is known about STI screening, presumptive treatment, and positivity in the emergency department (ED) setting. The objective of this study was to evaluate STI testing rates and positivity, presumptive gonorrhea and chlamydia treatment, pregnancy testing, and emergency contraception offered to SA survivors in the ED in the United States.

Methods

The Premier Healthcare Database, a national administrative data set containing health care

SUBMITTER: Tao G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12244063 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature