International Journal of STD & AIDS > Volume 18, Number 7 > Pp. 493-494

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Preferences for partner notification method: variation in responses between respondents as index patients and contacts

A Apoola, K W Radcliffe, S Das, V Robshaw, G Gilleran, B S Kumari, M Boothby and R Rajakumar

Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, UK; Whittall Street Clinic, Whittall Street, Birmingham, UK; Coventry Teaching Primary Care Trust, Coventry, UK; Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, UK; Whittall Street Clinic, Whittall Street, Birmingham, UK; Coventry Teaching Primary Care Trust, Coventry, UK; Whittall Street Clinic, Whittall Street, Birmingham, UK; Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, UK

There have been very few studies focusing on what form of communication patients would find acceptable from a clinic. This study looks at the differences in preferences for various partner notification methods when the respondents were index patients compared with when they had to be contacted because a partner had a sexually transmitted infection (STI). There were 2544 respondents. When the clinic had to notify partners, respondents were more likely to report the method as good when a partner had an STI and they were being contacted compared with when the respondents had an infection and the partner was being contacted. The opposite was true for patient referral partner notification. Therefore, there are variations in the preferences of respondents for partner notification method, which depend on whether they see themselves as index patients or contacts.

Key Words: CONTACT TRACING • PATIENT SATISFACTION • SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES • OUTPATIENT CLINICS

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