Qualitative analysis of psychosocial impact of diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis: implications for screening.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the psychosocial impact for women of a diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis and discuss the implications for the proposed UK chlamydia screening programme.

Design

Qualitative study with semistructured interviews. Interview transcripts analysed to identify recurrent themes.

Participants

Seventeen women with a current or recent diagnosis of chlamydia.

Setting

A family planning clinic and a genitourinary medicine clinic in Glasgow.

Results

Three themes were identified: perceptions of stigma associated with sexually transmitted infection, uncertainty about reproductive health after diagnosis, and anxieties regarding partner's reaction to diagnosis. Most women had not previously perceived sexually transmitted infections as personally r

SUBMITTER: Duncan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC26583 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature