title: Preferred options for receiving sexual health screening results: a population and patient survey.
abstract: Current genitourinary medicine patients (202) and potential future patients (542) completed a questionnaire-based survey to determine their preference for obtaining test results, their acceptability of including a named infection on contact slips and to report expectations about the acceptable length of an appointment. Overall, most respondents (78% [n = 582]) felt it unacceptable to be only contacted if their results were positive ('no news is good news'). In the clinic, a majority preferred a contact slip to be coded (68% [n = 137]), in the general public views were balanced. Significantly, more people in the general population expected an appointment to last no longer than 30 min (32% [n = 173] cf. 10% [n = 21], P < 0.001). A clear preference was expressed to receive sexually transmitted infection test results even if they are negative. Telephone and face-to-face contact were most popular with relatively few choosing mobile telephone text messaging or email as their preferred option.
authors.affiliation: Department of GU Medicine, Whittall Street Clinic, Birmingham, UK. louise.brown@hobtpct.nhs.uk
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Copas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stephenson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gilleran
authors.forename: J D C
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D016358:Contact Tracing; D003625:Data Collection; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013689:Telephone