A randomised controlled study of mouth swab testing versus same day blood tests for HIV infection in young people attending a community drug service

Autor:	Ade Apoola, Lynne Brunt
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Drug Sexually transmitted disease medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Attendance Medicine (miscellaneous) Hepatitis C Hepatitis B medicine.disease Surgery law.invention Test (assessment) Randomized controlled trial law Internal medicine medicine Blood test business media_common
Zdroj:	Drug and Alcohol Review. 30:101-103
ISSN:	0959-5236
DOI:	10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00208.x
Popis:	Introduction and Aims. This study was designed to determine whether providing an oral swab test in the community for blood borne virus testing leads to an increase in subsequent attendance for sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening at the STI clinic compared with making appointments for young people to attend the clinic for same day HIV testing and STI screening. Design and Methods. Participants were randomised into either the oral swab test group or the blood test group of the trial if eligible. Results. All the 27 participants in the oral swab test group were tested for HIV and hepatitis C compared with five for HIV and two for hepatitis C in the blood test group (P
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