Improving Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Results Notification and Partner Services

NCT ID: NCT01938053

Last Updated: 2020-09-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 609 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-04-30
• Study Completion Date: 2013-12-31

Brief Summary

The primary goal of this project is to improve the process for contacting patients that test positive for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the emergency department by using text messaging. We believe patients that are contacted by both a phone call and a text message will be reached more often and they will be reached sooner than those that only receive a phone call or only a text message. In addition, patients will be given reminder cards at the time of testing to remind them that they will be contacted within 7 days if they test positive. Half of the reminder cards will have a number to call for test results. We believe patients that receive a card with a number are more likely to be contacted within 7 days.

Detailed Description

Aim 1: To improve the results notification system among all female adolescents who test positive for STIs in the ED using mobile phone texting technology.

Hypothesis 1: We will increase our contact rate for STI positive adolescents in the ED from 65-82%.

Hypothesis 2: We will decrease the time interval between testing and appropriate STI treatment by the ED.

Hypothesis 3: We will decrease the recidivism rates for STI positive patients diagnosed in the ED.

Aim 2: To explore qualitatively the barriers to and preferences for partner notification and treatment among 14-21 year-old females and males being tested for STIs in the ED.

Aim 3: To determine baseline rates of partner notification and preferences around partner notification among STI-positive females in the ED, and to explore the feasibility of ED personnel notifying their sexual partners.

Conditions

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Reminder card with no number

Patients receive a card to remind them of the time frame for results but no number is listed.

Group Type: OTHER

Call when test results are ready

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patients are called when the test results are ready

Text message when test results are ready

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patients receive a text message when results are ready

Call and text message when test results are ready

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patients receive both a call and a text message when test results are resay

Card with number

Patients receive a card to remind them of the time frame for results but and a number to call for results is listed

Group Type: OTHER

Call when test results are ready

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patients are called when the test results are ready

Text message when test results are ready

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patients receive a text message when results are ready

Call and text message when test results are ready

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patients receive both a call and a text message when test results are resay

Interventions

Call when test results are ready

Patients are called when the test results are ready

Intervention Type: OTHER

Text message when test results are ready

Patients receive a text message when results are ready

Intervention Type: OTHER

Call and text message when test results are ready

Patients receive both a call and a text message when test results are resay

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 14 to 21 years old
• Seen in the emergency department at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Test positive for an STI

Exclusion Criteria

• Seen for a psychiatric evaluation
• Seen for sexual assault or abuse

• Minimum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 21 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Cincinnati

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Jennifer Reed, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Locations

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

K12HD051953

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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K12HD051953 Reed

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id