101. Awareness of Chlamydia trachomatis infection by people attending a sexual transmitted infection (STI) clinic and missed opportunities for screening in a primary health care setting.
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Pépin C, Souala F, By E, Bérar M, Arvieux C, and Fily F
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- Adolescent, Adult, Chlamydia Infections psychology, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, France, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Sexually Transmitted Diseases diagnosis, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult, Chlamydia Infections diagnosis, Chlamydia trachomatis isolation & purification, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Mass Screening methods, Primary Health Care methods
- Abstract
Objectives: To characterize awareness of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among persons consulting in a screening center in Ille-et-Vilaine, France, as well as the missed opportunities for screening in a primary health care setting during the 6 months preceding a diagnosis., Patients and Method: Cross-sectional study including persons over 15 years of age consulting in the centers of Rennes and Saint-Malo between 4 April 2019 and 1 July 2019 with data collection by self-administered questionnaire and telephone interview., Results: We included 723 persons with a median age of 22 years. A third of them (34%) had never heard of Chlamydia, while 36% thought that testing sexually active youth was recommended. Among the 37 infected persons we were able to contact and interview, 9 (24.3%) had missed at least one opportunity for screening., Conclusion: People's lack of awareness and failure to appropriate recent recommendations by professionals could constitute an obstacle to large-scale screening., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
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- 2021
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