Chlamydia
Conditions
Keywords
contact tracing, home sampling, cluster randomisation
Brief summary
Though partner notification is mandatory to perform of Chlamydia trachomatis infected individuals in Sweden, there was a 10-15% annually increase of reported cases between 1997 and 2007 indicating that partner notification may not be effective in preventing transmission. The investigators wanted to determine whether there was any difference in time between home-sampling and clinical testing as a tool of partner notification measured from eliciting of partners to date of testing.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALContact tracing mode test at clinic
BEHAVIORALSelf-sampling at home - Sent Test Kit
Sponsors
Medical Research Council of Southeast Sweden
Ostergotland County Council, Sweden
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Sexual Partners to chlamydia infected index patients accepting to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Index patients not living in Sweden or not speaking Swedish. * MSM. * Sexual partners living in another county or abroad.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Difference in time, measured as days from the meeting between the index patient and the counsellor (i.e. the eliciting of sexually partners) until the date of C. trachomatis testing of partners | 60 days or more were defined as an exclusion criterion | Difference in time, measured as days from the meeting between the index patient and the counsellor (i.e. the eliciting of sexually partners) until the date of C. trachomatis testing of partners, if sexual partners had attended a clinic for testing or had the opportunity of home-sampling. |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed