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Can we predict who will return to a genitourinary clinic?
M K Pitts1, S Cannon, I Johnson
1Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000, Australia. m.pitts@latrobe.edu.au
International Journal of STD & AIDS
|May 23, 2001
Abstract:
One hundred and eighty-eight first-time attenders at a genitourinary (GU) clinic were monitored to establish who returned following discharge after treatment. Thirty-six (19%) returned within 2 years with a new infection. The re-attenders did not differ significantly from the rest of the cohort by age, gender or occupation, nor did they differ in their sexual history and psychological variables. Re-attenders were significantly more likely to have consulted their general practitioner (GP) in the 6 months prior to their first clinic attendance.