在使用毒品的人群中对克拉米迪亚和淋病检测进行自我指导的样本采集的评估
Joy D Scheidell1,2, Luther C Elliott2,3, Alex S Bennett2,3
1Department of Health Sciences, College of Health Professions and Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
International journal of STD & AIDS
|November 16, 2023
概括
对于使用毒品 (PWUD) 的人来说,自主导的性传播感染 (STI) 测试套件可能是可取的,但使用它们的障碍需要进一步调查,以改善性传播感染测试的可访问性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 性健康 性的健康
背景情况:
- 使用毒品的人 (PWUD) 面临着医疗保健的重大障碍,包括性传播感染 (STIs) 的风险增加.
- 自主取样提供了一个潜在的解决方案,以改善这一群体的STI测试访问.
研究的目的:
- 评估在使用毒品的人群中 (PWUD) 自主导向性传播疾病样本采集的可行性和可取性.
- 为了确定与要求STI自收集套件相关的社会人口统计和行为因素.
主要方法:
- 通过在线调查,在纽约市120个PWUD中进行了一项横截面子研究.
- 参与者可以选择收到克拉米迪亚 (CT) 和尼塞里亚淋病 (GC) 测试的自收集套件.
- 测量了套件请求,交付,返回和阳性率,并分析了影响套件请求的因素.
主要成果:
- 44个独特的参与者要求63个套件;41个被交付.
- 只有三个交付的套件被返回实验室,其中一个测试结果对CT和GC都呈阳性.
- 根据年龄,性取向,性交易参与,偶尔的伴侣关系和关系暴力经历,发现了套件请求的差异.
结论:
- 自主取样可能是PWUD的可取性STI检测方法.
- 在PWUD中使用这种方法的障碍需要进一步研究,以提高其有效性和普及率.
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