TY - JOUR
T1 - Value of self-reportable screening criteria to identify asymptomatic individuals in the general population for urogential Chlamydia trachomatis infection screening
AU - Andersen, Berit
AU - van Valkengoed, Irene
AU - Olesen, Frede
AU - Møller, Jens K.
AU - Østergaard, Lars
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Submission of samples from the home allows screening for Chlamydia trachomatis without preceding professional assessment of clinical risk factors. Therefore, a validation of self-reportable information for use as selective screening criteria is needed. We asked a total of 1175 women and 1033 men who participated in an in-home sampling screening study to provide information on behavior and sociodemographic characteristics. In a multivariate model, selective screening criteria were developed on the basis of information from a random part of the tested population (development group), and the validity was assessed for the remaining part of the tested population (validation group). To find all infections, 95% of the subjects had to be screened, and screening 63% of them would have detected 86% of infections. Low predictive values were found when selective screening criteria from other studies were assessed. Selective screening by means of in-home sampling strategies among men and women aged 21-23 years cannot be recommended in the area studied
AB - Submission of samples from the home allows screening for Chlamydia trachomatis without preceding professional assessment of clinical risk factors. Therefore, a validation of self-reportable information for use as selective screening criteria is needed. We asked a total of 1175 women and 1033 men who participated in an in-home sampling screening study to provide information on behavior and sociodemographic characteristics. In a multivariate model, selective screening criteria were developed on the basis of information from a random part of the tested population (development group), and the validity was assessed for the remaining part of the tested population (validation group). To find all infections, 95% of the subjects had to be screened, and screening 63% of them would have detected 86% of infections. Low predictive values were found when selective screening criteria from other studies were assessed. Selective screening by means of in-home sampling strategies among men and women aged 21-23 years cannot be recommended in the area studied
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1086/368188
DO - https://doi.org/10.1086/368188
M3 - Article
C2 - 12652383
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 36
SP - 837
EP - 844
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
IS - 7
ER -