Brugha R, Balfe M, Conroy R M, Clarke E, Fitzgerald M, O'Connell E, Jeffares I, Vaughan D, Fleming C, O'Donovan D
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.
Int J STD AIDS. 2011 Nov;22(11):635-9. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2011.010482.
We investigated how young adults aged 18-29 years would like to be notified of chlamydia screening test results, and, when they test positive, their willingness and preferred mechanism for informing their partners. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 6085 young adults and found that a call to their mobile phone was their preferred way of receiving positive test results (selected by 50%), followed by email. Text messages (short message service [SMS]) and calls to landline phones were unpopular options, selected by between 5 and 10%. Over 75% of respondents stated they would inform their current partner of a positive chlamydia diagnosis, and 50% would inform their previous partners. Most were willing to receive yearly reminders to go for a chlamydia test. Young adults preference for being informed of chlamydia test results by mobile phone call, rather than by email or SMS text, especially if they test positive, suggests they place high value on the security of the communication mechanism. Offering a range of mechanisms for receipt of test results may increase the acceptability and coverage of sexually transmitted infection (STI) control strategies.
我们调查了18至29岁的年轻人希望如何收到衣原体筛查检测结果的通知，以及当他们检测呈阳性时，他们告知伴侣的意愿和首选方式。我们对6085名年轻人进行了一项横断面调查，发现通过手机致电是他们接收阳性检测结果的首选方式（50%的人选择），其次是电子邮件。短信（短消息服务[SMS]）和致电固定电话则不受欢迎，选择率在5%至10%之间。超过75%的受访者表示，他们会将衣原体检测呈阳性的结果告知现任伴侣，50%的人会告知前任伴侣。大多数人愿意每年收到进行衣原体检测的提醒。年轻人更倾向于通过手机致电而非电子邮件或短信来得知衣原体检测结果，尤其是当他们检测呈阳性时，这表明他们非常重视通信机制的安全性。提供一系列接收检测结果的方式可能会提高性传播感染（STI）控制策略的可接受性和覆盖面。
