Communicable Diseases Branch, Queensland Department of Health, 15 Butterfield Street, Herston, Qld 4006, Australia; and Corresponding author. Email:
Health Contact Centre, Health Support Queensland, GPO Box 48, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia.
Sex Health. 2021 Jul;18(3):254-259. doi: 10.1071/SH21029.
Background A free online chlamydia and gonorrhoea urine testing service (Webtest) is available for people living in Queensland, Australia. There are two options to provide a urine sample: at a pathology collection centre or by using a home mailing kit. The study aimed to trial these two testing options designed for young people and describe which is the preferred testing choice.
Data for online requests made from 3 August 2017 to 31 December 2019 provides information for age, gender, location of clients, results received, treatment and partner notification reported by people with positive results.
For 29 months, there were 4642 Webtest requests and 2906 valid results received. For young people (16-29 years), chlamydia positivity was 8.2% (172/2105; 95% CI, 7.1-9.4) versus 3.2% (26/801; 95% CI, 2.2-4.7) for people aged ≥30 years, and 6.8% (198/2906; 95% CI, 6.0-7.8) for all ages. Home mailing kits were the most popular testing choice, with 68.0% (1977/2906) of results received from urine submitted by post and 32.0% (929/2906) via pathology collection centre.
The free online test request service engaged young people at risk of sexually transmissible infections and found home sample collection was most popular.
本研究旨在试用两种专为年轻人设计的检测选项，并描述其首选检测选择。
数据来自 2017 年 8 月 3 日至 2019 年 12 月 31 日期间的在线申请，提供了年龄、性别、客户所在地、收到的结果、阳性结果报告的治疗和性伴侣通知的信息。
在 29 个月的时间里，共有 4642 份 Webtest 请求和 2906 份有效结果。对于年轻人（16-29 岁），衣原体阳性率为 8.2%（172/2105；95%CI，7.1-9.4），而年龄≥30 岁的人群阳性率为 3.2%（26/801；95%CI，2.2-4.7），所有年龄组的阳性率为 6.8%（198/2906；95%CI，6.0-7.8）。邮寄试剂盒是最受欢迎的检测选择，其中 68.0%（1977/2906）的结果来自邮寄的尿液样本，32.0%（929/2906）来自病理收集中心。
免费的在线检测申请服务吸引了有感染性传播感染风险的年轻人，发现家庭样本采集最受欢迎。
