Who defaults after treatment for gonorrhoea? Randomised controlled study of effect of an educational leaflet.
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Vol. 64 (4) , 241-244
- https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.64.4.241
Abstract
A study of patients with gonorrhoea showed that those who defaulted most from follow up were male, heterosexual, and had multiple sexual partners. A prospective, blind, randomised controlled trial showed that a leaflet giving information about gonorrhoea had a positive effect on follow up attendance by women, but no appreciable effect on rates of defaulting overall. This has implications for the initial treatment schedules.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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