Partner notification of chlamydia infection in primary care: randomised controlled trial and analysis of resource use.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of a practice nurse led strategy to improve the notification and treatment of partners of people with chlamydia infection.

Design

Randomised controlled trial.

Setting

27 general practices in the Bristol and Birmingham areas.

Participants

140 men and women with chlamydia (index cases) diagnosed by screening of a home collected urine sample or vulval swab specimen.

Interventions

Partner notification at the general practice immediately after diagnosis by trained practice nurses, with telephone follow up by a health adviser; or referral to a specialist health adviser at a genitourinary medicine clinic.

Main outcome measures

Primary outcome was the proportion of index cases with at least one treated sexual partne

SUBMITTER: Low N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1325126 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature