Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2006
Partner notification of chlamydia infection in primary care: randomised controlled trial and analysis of resource use.
Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00112255 (Partner Notification for Chlamydia in Primary Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Partner Notification for Chlamydia in Primary Care: Randomised Controlled Trial and Economic Evaluation
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effectiveness of Contact Tracing to Reduce Transmission of Infectious Diseases During Epidemic or Pandemic Response: Rapid Systematic Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Pooled it
- Assessing complex interventions: a systematic review of outcomes used in randomised controlled trials on STI partner notification in high-income countries.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- A Review of the Ring Trial Design for Evaluating Ring Interventions for Infectious Diseases.Epidemiologic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of registered nurses on patient outcomes in primary care: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of registered nurses on system outcomes in primary care: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Strategies for partner notification for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Impact of Chlamydia trachomatis in the reproductive setting: British Fertility Society Guidelines for practice.Human fertility (Cambridge, England) · 2010Guideline
- Partner notification.BMJ clinical evidence · 2009Pooled it
- Chlamydia (uncomplicated, genital).BMJ clinical evidence · 2008Pooled it
- Improved effectiveness of partner notification for patients with sexually transmitted infections: systematic review.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2007Pooled it
- Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis: a systematic review of the economic evaluations and modelling.Sexually transmitted infections · 2006Pooled it
- Traditional and Web-Based Technologies to Improve Partner Notification Following Syphilis Diagnosis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Lima, Peru: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Trial
- Developing and testing accelerated partner therapy for partner notification for people with genital Chlamydia trachomatis diagnosed in primary care: a pilot randomised controlled trial.Sexually transmitted infections · 2015Trial
- A randomized controlled trial for reducing risks for sexually transmitted infections through enhanced patient-based partner notification.American journal of public health · 2009Trial
- Beyond behavioural change: prioritising structural solutions to control bacterial sexually transmitted infections.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Review
- Practice nurse chlamydia testing in Australian general practice: a qualitative study of benefits, barriers and facilitators.BMC family practice · 2015Article
- Do Australian general practitioners believe practice nurses can take a role in chlamydia testing? A qualitative study of attitudes and opinions.BMC infectious diseases · 2015Article
- Are we missing the importance of missing values in HIV prevention randomized clinical trials? Review and recommendations.AIDS and behavior · 2012Review
- Partner notification for sexually transmitted infections in the modern world: a practitioner perspective on challenges and opportunities.Sexually transmitted infections · 2011Article
- Public health policies and management strategies for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2011Article
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Authors and funding
16 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of a practice nurse led strategy to improve the notification and treatment of partners of people with chlamydia infection.
designRandomised controlled trial.
setting27 general practices in the Bristol and Birmingham areas.
participants140 men and women with chlamydia (index cases) diagnosed by screening of a home collected urine sample or vulval swab specimen.
interventionsPartner notification at the general practice immediately after diagnosis by trained practice nurses, with telephone follow up by a health adviser; or referral to a specialist health adviser at a genitourinary medicine clinic.
main outcome measuresPrimary outcome was the proportion of index cases with at least one treated sexual partner. Specified secondary outcomes included the number of sexual contacts elicited during a sexual history, positive test result for chlamydia six weeks after treatment, and the cost of each strategy in 2003 sterling prices.
results65.3% (47/72) of participants receiving practice nurse led partner notification had at least one partner treated compared with 52.9% (39/68) of those referred to a genitourinary medicine clinic (risk difference 12.4%, 95% confidence interval -1.8% to 26.5%). Of 68 participants referred to the clinic, 21 (31%) did not attend. The costs per index case were 32.55 pounds sterling for the practice nurse led strategy and 32.62 pounds sterling for the specialist referral strategy.
conclusionPractice based partner notification by trained nurses with telephone follow up by health advisers is at least as effective as referral to a specialist health adviser at a genitourinary medicine clinic, and costs the same. Trial registration Clinical trials: NCT00112255.
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