Retrospective study of the effect of enhanced systematic sexually transmitted infection screening, facilitated by the use of electronic patient records, in an HIV-infected cohort
| Autor: | G Brook, A Shaw, J McSorley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Gynecology
medicine.medical_specialty Chlamydia business.industry Health Policy Lymphogranuloma venereum Incidence (epidemiology) Retrospective cohort study urologic and male genital diseases medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Men who have sex with men Infectious Diseases Internal medicine Cohort medicine Pharmacology (medical) Trichomonas vaginalis Syphilis business |
| Zdroj: | HIV Medicine. 14:347-353 |
| ISSN: | 1464-2662 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/hiv.12020 |
| Popis: | Objectives The aim of the study was to assess the impact of electronic checklists in enhancing sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening in routine HIV care. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study. In two HIV clinics, new STIs were recorded for three consecutive 12-month periods between 2009 and 2012 in a cohort of 882 HIV-infected patients. These three years coincided with the introduction of enhanced STI screening based on prompts within the electronic patient record (EPR) system. Results The number of diagnoses and the incidence of STIs more than doubled between 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 in both men who have sex with men (MSM) [from 18 of 115 (15%) to 42 of 132 (32%), a rise in STI incidence from 15.6 to 31.8/100 person-years; P |
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