Lee David M, Fairley Christopher K, Sze Jun Kit, Kuo Tim, Cummings Rosey, Bilardi Jade, Chen Marcus Y
School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, 580 Swanston Street, Vic. 3053, Australia.
Sex Health. 2009 Mar;6(1):63-6. doi: 10.1071/sh08046.
The present study aimed to determine the sexual risk profile of people using an automated, internet-based service that allows internet users to receive recommendations on sexually transmissible infection screening ('Check your risk' (CYR), http://www.checkyourrisk.org.au/), and to compare this with that of patients attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) for the first time over the same 6-month period: January-June 2006.
The characteristics of those who used CYR and those who attended MSHC were compared using a chi(2)-test for categorical variables and the Mann-Whitney U-test for non-parametric data.
There were 2492 users who accessed CYR and 2735 who attended MSHC over the period. The age of CYR users was similar to that of MSHC patients when compared according to risk groups. The median number of recent sexual partners reported by CYR users was similar to and not significantly lower than that reported by MSHC patients. Of the 309 CYR users who provided a rating for the CYR site, 215 (70%) rated it as being 'useful' to 'very useful'.
Individuals who accessed an automated, internet-based sexual risk assessment service were at substantial risk for sexually transmitted infections, similar to those attending a sexual health service.
本研究旨在确定使用一项基于互联网的自动化服务的人群的性风险概况，该服务允许互联网用户获取性传播感染筛查的建议（“检查你的风险”（CYR），http://www.checkyourrisk.org.au/），并将其与在同一6个月期间（2006年1月至6月）首次前往墨尔本性健康中心（MSHC）就诊的患者的性风险概况进行比较。
使用卡方检验分析分类变量，采用曼-惠特尼U检验分析非参数数据，对使用CYR的人群和前往MSHC就诊的人群的特征进行比较。
在此期间，有2492名用户访问了CYR，2735名患者前往MSHC就诊。根据风险组进行比较时，CYR用户的年龄与MSHC患者相似。CYR用户报告的近期性伴侣中位数与MSHC患者相似，且无显著降低。在为CYR网站给出评分的309名CYR用户中，215名（70%）将其评为“有用”至“非常有用”。
使用基于互联网的自动化性风险评估服务的个体面临性传播感染的重大风险，与前往性健康服务机构就诊的个体相似。
