TY - JOUR
T1 - Notification of syphilis test results by telephone
T2 - acceptability ratings in a community-based sample of Scottish gay men
AU - Knussen, Christina
AU - Flowers, Paul
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - Notifying patients of the results of syphilis testing by telephone can be cost-effective for clinic staff. This study compared the acceptability ratings among potential patients of three methods of learning of syphilis test results: with a call to a mobile phone; with a call to a home phone; and with the patient phoning in for results. A questionnaire was distributed to male clients of gay venues in Glasgow, Scotland, during 2005 (n = 150). Phoning in for results was rated as significantly more acceptable than either learning of results with a call to a mobile phone, or receiving a phone call at home (both P < 0.001). Further, receiving a call on a mobile phone was rated as significantly more acceptable than receiving a call at home (P < 0.001). It is recommended that patients be given the option of initiating the communication of test results.
AB - Notifying patients of the results of syphilis testing by telephone can be cost-effective for clinic staff. This study compared the acceptability ratings among potential patients of three methods of learning of syphilis test results: with a call to a mobile phone; with a call to a home phone; and with the patient phoning in for results. A questionnaire was distributed to male clients of gay venues in Glasgow, Scotland, during 2005 (n = 150). Phoning in for results was rated as significantly more acceptable than either learning of results with a call to a mobile phone, or receiving a phone call at home (both P < 0.001). Further, receiving a call on a mobile phone was rated as significantly more acceptable than receiving a call at home (P < 0.001). It is recommended that patients be given the option of initiating the communication of test results.
KW - bacterial disease
KW - Europe
KW - homosexual
KW - location
KW - screening
KW - syphilis (Treponema pallidum)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=39549092189&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1258/095646207782716929
DO - 10.1258/095646207782716929
M3 - Article
C2 - 18073014
AN - SCOPUS:39549092189
SN - 0956-4624
VL - 18
SP - 827
EP - 828
JO - International Journal of STD and AIDS
JF - International Journal of STD and AIDS
IS - 12
ER -