Success of a nurse led community based genitourinary medicine clinic for young people in Liverpool: review of the first year.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the outcome and workload of a community based, nurse led comprehensive sexual health and contraceptive service for clients aged less than 25.

Methods

Review of appointment diaries and clinic records of clients who attended the Brook genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic. The workload, case mix, and achievement of national targets in the first year of the service were compared with those for the same age group of clients attending the nearby hospital based GUM clinic. A limited client satisfaction questionnaire was carried out 8 months after the clinic opened.

Results

1061/1700 (62.4%) clients (185, 17.4% male) attended booked appointments. Chlamydia trachomatis was detected in 16.1% of women and 20.5% of men at Brook (p<0.05), where 22.6% of women a

SUBMITTER: Jones KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2564719 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature