A study to evaluate the most cost-effective way to screen for Chlamydia trachomatis genital tract infection and reduce its prevalence and associated burden of disease - primary research

Low N, McCarthy A, Macleod J, Salisbury C, Campbell, R, Roberts TE, Horner P, Skidmore S, Sterne JAC, Sanford E, Ibrahim f, Holloway A, Patel R, Barton PM, Robinson SM, Mills N, Graham A, Herring A, Caul EO, Davey Smith G, Hobbs FDR, Ross JDC, Egger M
Record ID 32001000796
English
Authors' objectives:

To investigate epidemiological, social, diagnostic and economic aspects of chlamydia screening in non-genitourinary medicine settings.

Authors' recommendations: Proactive screening for chlamydia in women and men using home-collected specimens was feasible and acceptable. Chlamydia prevalence rates in men and women in the general population are similar. Nucleic acid amplification tests can be used on first-catch urine specimens and vulvovaginal swabs. The administrative costs of proactive screening were similar to those for opportunistic screening. Using empirical estimates of screening uptake and incidence of complications, screening was not cost-effective.
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://www.hta.ac.uk/1137
Year Published: 2007
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Mass Screening
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright: 2007 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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