ArticlePLoS medicine2008
Effect of a brief video intervention on incident infection among patients attending sexually transmitted disease clinics.
Article in PLoS medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effectiveness of a Video-based Educational Intervention to Prevent Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Among Patients Attending STD Clinics
Repeat STI Patients: Tailored Socio-Contextual Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk
Who cites it
54 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2021Guideline
- Pooled it
- Audiovisual aids in primary healthcare settings' waiting rooms. A systematic review.The European journal of general practice · 2018Pooled it
- Behaviour change techniques in brief interventions to prevent HIV, STI and unintended pregnancies: A systematic review.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2015.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2015Guideline
- Meta-analysis of single-session behavioral interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections: implications for bundling prevention packages.American journal of public health · 2012Pooled it
- HIV prevention interventions to reduce racial disparities in the United States: a systematic review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2012Pooled it
- Sexual risk reduction interventions for patients attending sexually transmitted disease clinics in the United States: a meta-analytic review, 1986 to early 2009.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2010Pooled it
- Randomized controlled trials of interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections: learning from the past to plan for the future.Epidemiologic reviews · 2010Pooled it
- Guideline
- Using Online Media to Increase the Awareness and Uptake of Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Among Asian-Born Men Who Have Sex With Men Living in Australia: An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Trial
- Randomized Trial of a Sexual Health Video Intervention for Black and Hispanic Adolescent Females.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Trial
- A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Examination of Positive Health Check: Implementation Results From a Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Hybrid Trial.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2022Trial
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- Randomized controlled trial on promoting influenza vaccination in general practice waiting rooms.PloS one · 2018Trial
- A meta-intervention to increase completion of an HIV-prevention intervention: Results from a randomized controlled trial in the state of Florida.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2016Trial
- Work It Out Together: Preliminary Efficacy of a Parent and Adolescent DVD and Workbook Intervention on Adolescent Sexual and Substance Use Attitudes and Parenting Behaviors.AIDS and behavior · 2016Trial
- Evaluating a Brief, Video-Based Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention and Assessment Reactivity with STI Clinic Patients: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2015Trial
- The MyPEEPS randomized controlled trial: a pilot of preliminary efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability of a group-level, HIV risk reduction intervention for young men who have sex with men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2015Trial
- A randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a theory-based intervention promoting condom use among Chinese monogamous female sexually transmitted infection patients.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2014Trial
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12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundSexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention remains a public health priority. Simple, practical interventions to reduce STD incidence that can be easily and inexpensively administered in high-volume clinical settings are needed. We evaluated whether a brief video, which contained STD prevention messages targeted to all patients in the waiting room, reduced acquisition of new infections after that clinic visit. METHODS AND
findingsIn a controlled trial among patients attending three publicly funded STD clinics (one in each of three US cities) from December 2003 to August 2005, all patients (n = 38,635) were systematically assigned to either a theory-based 23-min video depicting couples overcoming barriers to safer sexual behaviors, or the standard waiting room environment. Condition assignment alternated every 4 wk and was determined by which condition (intervention or control) was in place in the clinic waiting room during the patient's first visit within the study period. An intent-to-treat analysis was used to compare STD incidence between intervention and control patients. The primary endpoint was time to diagnosis of incident laboratory-confirmed infections (gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, syphilis, and HIV), as identified through review of medical records and county STD surveillance registries. During 14.8 mo (average) of follow-up, 2,042 patients (5.3%) were diagnosed with incident STD (4.9%, intervention condition; 5.7%, control condition). In survival analysis, patients assigned to the intervention condition had significantly fewer STDs compared with the control condition (hazard ratio [HR], 0.91; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.84 to 0.99).
conclusionsShowing a brief video in STD clinic waiting rooms reduced new infections nearly 10% overall in three clinics. This simple, low-intensity intervention may be appropriate for adoption by clinics that serve similar patient populations.
trial registrationhttp://www.ClinicalTrials.gov (#NCT00137670).
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