Pittman Ellen, Purcell Hillary, Dize Laura, Gaydos Charlotte, Patterson-Rose Sherine, Biro Frank, Owens DeAnna, Widdice Lea E
1 Division of Adolescent and Transition Medicine, 2518 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center , Cincinnati, OH, USA.
2 Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Sexually Transmitted Infections Research Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Int J STD AIDS. 2018 Apr;29(5):461-465. doi: 10.1177/0956462417733352. Epub 2017 Sep 29.
Screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) outside of traditional health-care facilities is limited by the privacy needed for sample collection. We explored the acceptability of privacy shelters for the self-collection of genital swabs and tested the use of privacy shelters during mobile STI screening. Attendees ≥14 years old at two outdoor community events completed a questionnaire that assessed participant characteristics, health-care access, and rating of acceptability of self-collecting penile or vaginal swabs in a privacy shelter and four other private spaces: portable restroom, health van, home, and doctor's office. A privacy shelter was used during mobile STI screening. The majority (65%) of the 95 participants reported that using a privacy shelter was somewhat or very acceptable. No participant characteristics or health-care access factors were associated with the acceptability of privacy shelters. Women rated a privacy shelter more acceptable than a portable restroom or health van. Men rated a privacy shelter more acceptable than a portable restroom. During mobile STI screening, all 13 men and women who requested STI testing used the privacy shelter for self-sampling. Rating of acceptability before and after privacy shelter use was the same. Privacy shelters may enable STI screening without using a building or vehicle for sample collection.
在传统医疗保健机构之外进行性传播感染（STIs）筛查受到样本采集所需隐私条件的限制。我们探讨了隐私庇护所用于自行采集生殖器拭子的可接受性，并在流动性传播感染筛查期间测试了隐私庇护所的使用情况。在两个户外社区活动中，年龄≥14岁的参与者完成了一份问卷，该问卷评估了参与者特征、医疗保健获取情况，以及在隐私庇护所和其他四个私密空间（便携式卫生间、医疗车、家中和医生办公室）自行采集阴茎或阴道拭子的可接受性评分。在流动性传播感染筛查期间使用了隐私庇护所。95名参与者中的大多数（65%）报告称使用隐私庇护所有点或非常可接受。没有参与者特征或医疗保健获取因素与隐私庇护所的可接受性相关。女性对隐私庇护所的可接受性评分高于便携式卫生间或医疗车。男性对隐私庇护所的可接受性评分高于便携式卫生间。在流动性传播感染筛查期间，所有13名要求进行性传播感染检测的男性和女性都使用了隐私庇护所进行自我采样。使用隐私庇护所前后的可接受性评分相同。隐私庇护所可能使性传播感染筛查无需使用建筑物或车辆进行样本采集。
