title: Using patient-provided information to refine sexually transmitted infection screening criteria among women presenting in the emergency department.
abstract: Emergency department patients are at increased risk for infection with chlamydia and gonorrhea, but routine screening of asymptomatic patients is problematic. Limiting screening to patients answering the affirmative to 2 questions would reduce the number of tests administered by 51.9%, increase the tested population prevalence to 15.7%, and still identify 82.8% of those infected.
authors.affiliation: Research and Program Development, Family and Community Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794, USA. wjenkins@siumed.edu
authors.forename: Wiley D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kovach
authors.forename: Brittany J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Wold
authors.forename: Whitney E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Zahnd
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D018579:Patient Selection; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology