A web-based personally controlled health management system increases sexually transmitted infection screening rates in young people: a randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Nathan J MortimerAnnie Y S Lau

Abstract

To determine if a web-based personally controlled health management system (PCHMS) could increase the uptake of sexually transmitted infections (STI) screening among a young university population. A non-blinded parallel-group randomized controlled trial was conducted. Participants aged 18-29 years were recruited from a university environment between April and August 2013, and randomized 1:1 to either the intervention group (immediate online PCHMS access) or control group (no PCHMS access). The study outcome was self-reported STI testing, measured by an online follow-up survey in October 2013. Of the 369 participants allocated to the PCHMS, 150 completed the follow-up survey, and of the 378 in the control group, 225 completed the follow-up survey. The proportion of the PCHMS group who underwent an STI test during the study period was 15.3% (23/150) compared with 7.6% (17/225) in the control group (P = .017). The difference in STI testing rates within the subgroup of sexually active participants (20.4% (23/113) of the PCHMS group compared with 9.6% (15/157) of the control group) was significantly higher (P = .027) than among non-sexually active participants. Access to the PCHMS was associated with a significant increase in partic...Continue Reading

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