Free online chlamydia and gonorrhoea urine test request in Queensland, Australia: convenience of home sample collection versus pathology collection centre attendance for faster results

被引：6
作者：
Groos, Anita [1 ]
Peardon-Freeman, Shelley [2 ]
McFarlane, Kim [2 ]
Braithwaite, Simone [3 ]
Gajjar, Deepa [4 ]
Murch, Pamela [1 ]
Spucches, Catherine [1 ]
机构：
[1] Queensland Dept Hlth, Communicable Dis Branch, 15 Butterfield St, Herston, Qld 4006, Australia
[2] Hlth Support Queensland, Hlth Contact Ctr, GPO Box 48, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia
[3] Queensland Dept Hlth, Prevent Hlth Branch, 15 Butterfield St, Herston, Qld 4006, Australia
[4] Royal Brisbane Hosp, Royal Brisbane & Womens Hosp, Metro North Hosp & Hlth Serv, Hlth Serv Strategy & Planning, Level 14,Block 7, Herston, Qld 4029, Australia
来源：
SEXUAL HEALTH | 2021年 / 18卷 / 03期
关键词：
youth; health services; program evaluation; chlamydia; gonorrhoea; sexually transmissible infections; online testing; home mailing kits; SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTIONS; YOUNG-PEOPLE; TRACHOMATIS;
D O I：
10.1071/SH21029
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
Background: A free online chlamydia and gonorrhoea urine testing service (Webtest) is available for people living in Queensland, Australia. There are two options to provide a urine sample: at a pathology collection centre or by using a home mailing kit. The study aimed to trial these two testing options designed for young people and describe which is the preferred testing choice. Methods: Data for online requests made from 3 August 2017 to 31 December 2019 provides information for age, gender, location of clients, results received, treatment and partner notification reported by people with positive results. Results: For 29 months, there were 4642 Webtest requests and 2906 valid results received. For young people (16-29 years), chlamydia positivity was 8.2% (172/2105; 95% CI, 7.1-9.4) versus 3.2% (26/801; 95% CI, 2.2-4.7) for people aged >= 30 years, and 6.8% (198/2906; 95% CI, 6.0-7.8) for all ages. Home mailing kits were the most popular testing choice, with 68.0% (1977/2906) of results received from urine submitted by post and 32.0% (929/2906) via pathology collection centre. Conclusions: The free online test request service engaged young people at risk of sexually transmissible infections and found home sample collection was most popular.
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