A randomised controlled trial comparing computer-assisted with face-to-face sexual history taking in a clinical setting.
Sex Transm Infect
; 83(1): 52-6, 2007 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
To compare computer-assisted self-interview (CASI) with routine face-to-face interview (FTFI) for sexual history taking from patients in a clinical setting.METHODS:
A randomised controlled trial was undertaken at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 2005. New, walk-in patients triaged into the centre were eligible for the study. Those who consented to the study were randomly allocated (initially at a ratio of 21, then 11) to either CASI or FTFI. Those randomised to CASI also subsequently undertook FTFI.RESULTS:
During the study period, of 713 patients approached, 611 agreed to participate in the study; 356 were randomised to FTFI and 255 to CASI. Overall, the responses to questioning using CASI and FTFI were similar except that women undertaking the CASI reported a significantly higher median number of male partners for the preceding 12 months (3 v 2, p = 0.05) and the CASI participants reported previous hepatitis B vaccination more often (50% v 37%, p = 0.01). Most participants found the CASI either easy (31; 13%) or very easy (193; 82%) to complete; 83 (35%) were comfortable and 121 (51%) were very comfortable with it.CONCLUSIONS:
CASI may be a reliable, efficient and highly acceptable method for the screening of sexual risk in clinical sexual health settings and could be used routinely to improve the efficiency of clinical services.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis
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Diagnóstico por Computador
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Anamnese
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article