Journal article
Dual Intervention to Increase Chlamydia Retesting: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Three Populations
KS Smith, JS Hocking, MY Chen, CK Fairley, AM McNulty, P Read, CS Bradshaw, SN Tabrizi, H Wand, M Saville, W Rawlinson, SM Garland, B Donovan, JM Kaldor, RJ Guy
American Journal of Preventive Medicine | Published : 2015
Abstract
Introduction: Chlamydia retesting 3 months after treatment is recommended to detect reinfections, but retesting rates are typically low. The purpose of this study is to determine if the addition of a postal home collection kit to a short message service (SMS) reminder at 3 months increases the percentage of patients retested for chlamydia at 1-4 months, compared to SMS alone. Design: In this unblinded randomized controlled trial, participants were randomized 1:1 to intervention (home arm) or control (clinic arm) status. Setting/participants: Participants included 200 each of women, heterosexual men, and men who have sex with men diagnosed and treated for chlamydia at sexual health services. ..
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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 number 568971. This study was approved by the Alfred Health Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) on February 3, 2011; South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service HREC on June 7, 2011; and the University of New South Wales HREC on June 14, 2011.