Edwards S, Carne C
Department of Genitourinary Medicine, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, UK.
Int J STD AIDS. 1998 Aug;9(8):480-1. doi: 10.1258/0956462981922665.
The aim of this study was to assess which patients are referred from general practice, in order to target areas in which our service could be improved. An anonymous postal questionnaire was sent to 433 local general practitioners (GPs), 72.3% (313) of whom replied. The majority of GPs indicated that they would always send patients with a diagnosis of either gonorrhoea or syphilis to the department, while most would send less than 50% of patients with Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Viral infections (i.e. warts and herpes) were referred more frequently than chlamydia. Referral of trichomoniasis was uncommon, as was advice about contacts in all conditions except gonorrhoea and syphilis.
本研究的目的是评估哪些患者是从全科医疗转诊而来的，以便确定我们服务中可以改进的领域。我们向433名当地全科医生发送了一份匿名邮寄问卷，其中72.3%（313名）进行了回复。大多数全科医生表示，他们总是会将诊断为淋病或梅毒的患者转诊至该科室，而对于沙眼衣原体感染患者，大多数转诊的比例不到50%。病毒感染（即疣和疱疹）的转诊频率高于衣原体感染。滴虫病的转诊并不常见，除淋病和梅毒外，在所有情况下关于性伴侣的建议也不常见。
