ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022
Time to healthcare seeking following the onset of symptoms among men and women attending a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia.
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Abstract
Background: Timely diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) underpin their control by reducing the duration of infectiousness. There are currently limited data exploring healthcare seeking among individuals with STI symptoms. Methods: We analyzed data on individuals reporting STI symptoms at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) between August 2017 and December 2020. We calculated the time between symptom onset and clinic attendance by risk group for 13 STI diagnoses. We performed univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses to explore factors associated with delayed healthcare seeking (greater than 7 days). Results: Among 7,032 symptomatic clinic attendances, the shortest time to healthcare seeking was among individuals diagnosed with gonococcal urethritis (median 3 days), and the longest was among individuals diagnosed with genital warts (median 60 days). Individuals diagnosed with gonococcal urethritis sought care earlier than individuals diagnosed with non-gonococcal urethritis (median 3 vs. 6 days, Conclusion: Improved local access to healthcare alongside targeted strategies to encourage early healthcare seeking among groups at increased likelihood of delay may reduce STI-associated morbidity and transmission.
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