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

Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01938053
• Other study ID #: K12HD051953 Reed
• Secondary ID: K12HD051953
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2011
• Est. completion date: December 2013

Study information

• Verified date: September 2020
• Source: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 609
• Est. completion date: December 2013
• Est. primary completion date: June 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 14 Years to 21 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Communicable Diseases
• Infection
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Sexually Transmitted Infections

Intervention

Other:
• Call when test results are ready
Patients are called when the test results are ready
• Text message when test results are ready
Patients receive a text message when results are ready
• Call and text message when test results are ready
Patients receive both a call and a text message when test results are resay

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Cincinnati	Ohio

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati	University of Cincinnati

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Contact rate	The percentage of patients that are contacted within 7 days of their emergency department visit	7 days