An evaluation of an online STI service across London: reviewing uptake, utility and outcomes over a 4-year period
To date, this is the largest number of orders in an evaluation of online postal sexual health infection testing in the UK, and highest return rate of samples, suggesting acceptability of SHL for STI testing. Positivity rates for chlamydia and gonorrhoea NAAT tests are lower than national figures, which may reflect asymptomatic screening prior to 2020 and testing of non-urgent symptoms since 2020.
Authors
- Victoria Tittle
- Jo Gibbs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5696-0260)
- Fiona Burns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9105-2441)
- Alison Howarth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0597-6614)
- Adrian M Kelly
- Jonathan Spate
- Anna Tostevin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5520-8496)
- Sara Day (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6457-3877)
- Ann Sullivan
Institutions
- Department of Health and Social Care (GB)
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Lothian Sexual Health (GB)
- Sexual Health Clinic (FI)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Published
- 2024-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2024-056232
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.11