Journal article
The acceptability and cost of a home-based chlamydia retesting strategy: Findings from the REACT randomised controlled trial
KS Smith, JM Kaldor, JS Hocking, MS Jamil, AM McNulty, P Read, CS Bradshaw, MY Chen, CK Fairley, H Wand, K Worthington, S Blake, V Knight, W Rawlinson, M Saville, SN Tabrizi, SM Garland, B Donovan, R Guy
BMC Public Health | Published : 2016
Abstract
Background: Chlamydia retesting three months after treatment is recommended to detect reinfections, but retesting rates are typically low. The REACT (retest after Chlamydia trachomatis) randomised trial demonstrated that home-based retesting using postal home-collection kits and SMS reminders, resulted in substantial improvements in retesting rates in women, heterosexual men and men who have sex with men (MSM), with detection of more repeat positive tests compared with SMS reminder alone. In the context of this trial, the acceptability of the home-based strategy was evaluated and the costs of the two strategies were compared. Methods: REACT participants (200 women, 200 heterosexual men, 200 ..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The study was funded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia program grant No 568971. We thank all the participants of the study and the clinical staff of Melbourne and Sydney Sexual Health Centres, Rose Chevkenova-Mohamed of the Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia for establishing and maintaining the study database, and Natasha Karunaratne, UNSW Australia who contributed to recruitment and data collection.