Patient preferences for partner notification.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify patient preferences for notification of sexual contacts when a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is diagnosed.

Methods

A questionnaire survey of 2544 patients attending three large genitourinary clinics at Derby, Birmingham, and Coventry in the United Kingdom.

Results

The median age of the respondents was 24 with 1474 (57.9%) women, 1835 (72.1%) white, 1826 (71.8%) single. The most favoured method of partner notification was patient referral, which was rated a "good" method by 65.8% when they had to be contacted because a sexual partner has an STI. Notifying contacts by letter as a method of provider partner notification is more acceptable than phoning, text messaging, or email. Respondents with access to mobile telephones, private emails, and

SUBMITTER: Apoola A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2564722 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature