Improving Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Results Notification and Partner Services

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Registration Number: NCT01938053
• Lead Sponsor: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Brief Summary

The primary goal of this project is to improve the process for contacting patients that test positive for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the emergency department by using text messaging. We believe patients that are contacted by both a phone call and a text message will be reached more often and they will be reached sooner than those that only receive a phone call or only a text message. In addition, patients will be given reminder cards at the time of testing to remind them that they will be contacted within 7 days if they test positive. Half of the reminder cards will have a number to call for test results. We believe patients that receive a card with a number are more likely to be contacted within 7 days.

Detailed Description

Aim 1: To improve the results notification system among all female adolescents who test positive for STIs in the ED using mobile phone texting technology.

Hypothesis 1: We will increase our contact rate for STI positive adolescents in the ED from 65-82%.

Hypothesis 2: We will decrease the time interval between testing and appropriate STI treatment by the ED.

Hypothesis 3: We will decrease the recidivism rates for STI positive patients diagnosed in the ED.

Aim 2: To explore qualitatively the barriers to and preferences for partner notification and treatment among 14-21 year-old females and males being tested for STIs in the ED.

Aim 3: To determine baseline rates of partner notification and preferences around partner notification among STI-positive females in the ED, and to explore the feasibility of ED personnel notifying their sexual partners.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-04
• Primary Completion: 2013-06
• Study First Submitted: 2013-09-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-09-05
• Study First Posted: 2013-09-10
• Study Completion: 2013-12
• Status Verified: 2020-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-14
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 609

Inclusion Criteria

• 14 to 21 years old
• Seen in the emergency department at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Test positive for an STI

Exclusion Criteria

• Seen for a psychiatric evaluation
• Seen for sexual assault or abuse

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Contact rate	7 days	The percentage of patients that are contacted within 7 days of their emergency department visit

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States