Opportunistic screening for chlamydia infection in general practice: can we reach young women?
Opportunistic screening for chlamydia infection in general practice: can we reach young women?
Objective: to study opportunistic screening in primary care, in such a way that would include teenage women.
Setting: screening for chlamydia infection was offered opportunistically in eight general practices in Edinburgh to women aged ? 35 years attending for cervical smear, and women aged ? 20 years attending for contraception. The numbers of women eligible to be offered screening were 901 in the cervical smear group, and 595 in the contraception group.
Results: effective screening rate (offered test, consented, and urine sample returned) was 30% for the cervical smear group compared with 23% for the contraception group. Among those tested, chlamydia prevalence was strongly associated with young age, ranging from 11.8% in those <18 years, to 0% in those >25 years. Number of sexual partners in past year did not improve prediction of infection.
Conclusion: these findings raise concerns regarding the feasibility of opportunistic screening in general practice, particularly for those with highest prevalence of chlamydia—teenage women
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Santer, M.
3ce7e832-31eb-4d27-9876-3a1cd7f381dc
December 2000
Santer, M.
3ce7e832-31eb-4d27-9876-3a1cd7f381dc
Santer, M.
(2000)
Opportunistic screening for chlamydia infection in general practice: can we reach young women?
Journal of Medical Screening, 7 (4), .
(doi:10.1136/jms.7.4.175).
(PMID:11202582)
Abstract
Objective: to study opportunistic screening in primary care, in such a way that would include teenage women.
Setting: screening for chlamydia infection was offered opportunistically in eight general practices in Edinburgh to women aged ? 35 years attending for cervical smear, and women aged ? 20 years attending for contraception. The numbers of women eligible to be offered screening were 901 in the cervical smear group, and 595 in the contraception group.
Results: effective screening rate (offered test, consented, and urine sample returned) was 30% for the cervical smear group compared with 23% for the contraception group. Among those tested, chlamydia prevalence was strongly associated with young age, ranging from 11.8% in those <18 years, to 0% in those >25 years. Number of sexual partners in past year did not improve prediction of infection.
Conclusion: these findings raise concerns regarding the feasibility of opportunistic screening in general practice, particularly for those with highest prevalence of chlamydia—teenage women
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