Awareness of Chlamydia trachomatis infection by people attending a sexual transmitted infection (STI) clinic and missed opportunities for screening in a primary health care setting.
Infect Dis Now
; 51(2): 205-208, 2021 03.
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| ID: mdl-33075404
OBJECTIVES: To characterize awareness of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among persons consulting in a screening center in Ille-et-Vilaine, France, as well as the missed opportunities for screening in a primary health care setting during the 6 months preceding a diagnosis. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Cross-sectional study including persons over 15 years of age consulting in the centers of Rennes and Saint-Malo between 4 April 2019 and 1 July 2019 with data collection by self-administered questionnaire and telephone interview. RESULTS: We included 723 persons with a median age of 22 years. A third of them (34%) had never heard of Chlamydia, while 36% thought that testing sexually active youth was recommended. Among the 37 infected persons we were able to contact and interview, 9 (24.3%) had missed at least one opportunity for screening. CONCLUSION: People's lack of awareness and failure to appropriate recent recommendations by professionals could constitute an obstacle to large-scale screening.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Atención Primaria de Salud
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Infecciones por Chlamydia
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud
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Tamizaje Masivo
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Infect Dis Now
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia
Pais de publicación:
Francia