ArticleSexually transmitted diseases2008
Do STD clinic patients who consent to sexual health research differ from those who decline? Findings from a randomized controlled trial with implications for the generalization of research results.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Exclusion rates in randomized controlled trials of treatments for physical conditions: a systematic review.Trials · 2020Pooled it
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- Brief and intensive behavioral interventions to promote sexual risk reduction among STD clinic patients: results from a randomized controlled trial.AIDS and behavior · 2010Trial
- Alcohol consumption, drug use, and condom use among STD clinic patients.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2009Trial
- Comparison of Clinical Outcomes of Persons Living With HIV by Enrollment Status in Washington, DC: Evaluation of a Large Longitudinal HIV Cohort Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2020Article
- Effect of child abuse and neglect on risk behaviors in inner-city minority female adolescents and young adults.Child abuse & neglect · 2020Article
- Who drops out and when? Predictors of non-response and loss to follow-up in a longitudinal cohort study among STI clinic visitors.PloS one · 2019Article
- Representativeness of an HIV cohort of the sites from which it is recruiting: results from the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) cohort study.BMC medical research methodology · 2013Article
- Retention of clinical trial participants in a study of nongonococcal urethritis (NGU), a sexually transmitted infection in men.Contemporary clinical trials · 2012Article
- Who will participate in acute stroke trials?Neurology · 2009Article
- Characteristics of opioid-using pregnant women who accept or refuse participation in a clinical trial: screening results from the MOTHER study.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2009Article
- Partner dependence and sexual risk behavior among STI clinic patients.American journal of health behaviorArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThis study determined whether patients from an STD clinic who agreed to participate in behavioral research are representative of the overall patient population. STUDY
designPatients attending an STD clinic (N = 2694) were invited to participate in sexual risk-reduction research. Those who accepted (consenters) were compared to those who declined (nonconsenters) on data obtained from the medical chart.
resultsOverall, 58% of eligible patients consented to participation. Logistic regression analyses indicated that consenting to participate was associated with female sex [odds ratio (OR) = 1.86], nonwhite race (OR = 2.16), having completed at least some college (OR = 1.70), being a returning patient (OR = 1.21), and having a greater number of sexual partners in the past 3 months (OR = 6.95) (all P's <0.05).
conclusionsPatients who agreed to participate had more education, were more familiar with the setting, and were more vulnerable to HIV/STD (as suggested by epidemiologic research). Efforts to enhance participation by an even greater percentage of patients might target these predictors of participation by enhancing risk awareness and providing preemptive reassurances regarding the research process and setting.
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