Preventive medicine reports · 2024
A retrospective review of the rate of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents after universal screening protocol implementation in an urban United States clinic.
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Tirone Anthony, Maule Laura, Huang Jessie, Higgins Jenna, Walsh Tanner, Filingeri Domenic, Songveera Alyssa, Poh Christina, Henderson Ashley N
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OBJECTIVE: Despite expanded guidelines, adolescent gonorrhea and chlamydia (GC/CT) screening rates remain low due to multiple psychosocial barriers and biases. This intervention aimed to improve screening and diagnosis rates at adolescent well visits by establishing a streamlined universal screening protocol for all patients ages 13-18 years old.
METHODS: A universal sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening approach was introduced at an urban clinic affiliated with an academic medical center near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA) in September 2018 for all adolescent well-visits. GC/CT screening and diagnosis rates were compared two years prior to and two years after implementation, deemed the baseline and intervention groups, respectively.
RESULTS: In total, 1,168 encounters were included for analysis. The patient cohort consisted of 47% females, with an average age of 15, and were predominantly publicly insured (79%). STI screening rates increased significantly from 16.7% (89/534) to 83.6% (530/634) of adolescents with implementation of the universal screening protocol. Furthermore, there was a 1.6-fold increase in total positive cases detected after implementation of ok universal screening.
CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates improved adolescent GC/CT capture rates by establishing a universal screening protocol and highlights a streamlined means of implementation in virtually any pediatric clinic. Limitations include sample size, as this is a single academic practice, as well as any issues with lab collection and results reporting.
METHODS: A universal sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening approach was introduced at an urban clinic affiliated with an academic medical center near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA) in September 2018 for all adolescent well-visits. GC/CT screening and diagnosis rates were compared two years prior to and two years after implementation, deemed the baseline and intervention groups, respectively.
RESULTS: In total, 1,168 encounters were included for analysis. The patient cohort consisted of 47% females, with an average age of 15, and were predominantly publicly insured (79%). STI screening rates increased significantly from 16.7% (89/534) to 83.6% (530/634) of adolescents with implementation of the universal screening protocol. Furthermore, there was a 1.6-fold increase in total positive cases detected after implementation of ok universal screening.
CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates improved adolescent GC/CT capture rates by establishing a universal screening protocol and highlights a streamlined means of implementation in virtually any pediatric clinic. Limitations include sample size, as this is a single academic practice, as well as any issues with lab collection and results reporting.