在性传播感染 (STI) 用户中增加避孕套使用的干预自我采样网站 (包装):可行性随机对照试验
Katie Newby1, Kayleigh Kwah1, Lauren Schumacher1
1Public Health and Applied Behaviour Change (PHAB) Lab, Centre for Research in Psychology and Sports, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom.
Journal of medical Internet research
|August 15, 2025
概括
一项可行性研究发现,可以对"Wrapped"干预措施进行全面的试验,以改善年轻人使用基于网络的性传播疾病测试来改善避孕套的使用. 高的保留率和足够的参与者池支持未来的研究,以预防性传播感染 (STIs).
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
- 性健康 性的健康
背景情况:
- 性传播感染 (STIs) 在年轻人中很普遍,克拉米迪亚是常见的.
- 在透性爱期间不一致的避孕套使用是性传播感染的重要危险因素.
- 目前基于网络的STI测试服务为预防未来感染提供了有限的支持.
研究的目的:
- 评估未来对"包装"干预进行随机对照试验 (RCT) 的可行性.
- 评估"Wrapped"干预措施在获取基于网络的STI测试的年轻人中改善一致和正确的避孕套使用的潜力.
主要方法:
- 一项随机对照试验 (RCT) 可行性研究,涉及年轻人 (16-24岁) 使用基于网络的性传播疾病测试.
- 参与者被随机分配到接受"包装"干预,再加上通常的护理或仅接受通常的护理.
- 关键结果包括招聘比例,3个月和12个月的克拉米迪亚自我样本回报率以及调查完成率.
主要成果:
- 在31周的时间里,招募结果为173名参与者 (1.5%的抽样池).
- 一个有效的克拉米迪亚自取样本在12个月后返回了75.7%,表明完整试验的可行性 (估计需要3574名参与者).
- 与对照组相比,干预组的保留率 (86%) 高于对照组 (66%),并注意到一些人口学不平衡.
结论:
- "包裹"干预的完全随机对照试验 (RCT) 是可行的.
- 基于网络的STI测试服务的庞大用户群为招聘提供了足够的资源.
- 需要制定战略,以确保在未来的试验中实现平衡的人口代表性.
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