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Factors associated with delays in presentation and treatment of gonorrhea, Massachusetts 2015–2019
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3 01 2024
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Source: Sex Transm Dis. 51(3):146-155
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Alternative Title:Sex Transm Dis
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Description:Background:
Rates of gonorrhea are increasing across the United States. Understanding and addressing contributing factors associated with longer time to diagnosis and treatment may shorten the duration of infectiousness which in turn may limit transmission.
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We used Massachusetts data from the CDC Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Network collected between July 2015 and September 2019, along with routinely reported surveillance data, to assess time from gonorrhea symptom onset to presentation to care, and time from presentation to care to receipt of treatment. Factors associated with longer time to presentation (TTP) and time to treatment (TTT) were assessed using Cox proportional hazard models with a constant time variable.
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Among symptomatic patients (n=672), 31% did not receive medical care within 7 days of symptom onset. Longer TTP was associated with younger age, female gender, reporting cost as a barrier to care, and provider report of proctitis. Among patients with symptoms and/or known contact to gonorrhea (n=827), 42% did not receive presumptive treatment. Longer TTT was associated with female gender, non-Hispanic Other race/ethnicity, and clinics with less gonorrhea treatment experience. Among asymptomatic patients without known exposure to STI (n=235), 26% did not receive treatment within 7 days. Longer TTT was associated with STD clinic/family planning/reproductive health clinics and a test turnaround time of ≥3 days.
Conclusions:
Delays in presentation to care and receipt of treatment for gonorrhea are common. Factors associated with longer TTP and TTT highlight multiple opportunities for reducing the infectious period of patients with gonorrhea.
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Pubmed ID:38133572
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC10922616
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Volume:51
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Issue:3
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