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Improving response rates for self collected urine samples
  1. J Hocking1,
  2. S Tabrizi2,
  3. D Jolley3,
  4. S M Garland4,
  5. C K Fairley5
  1. 1The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Australia
  2. 2Department of Microbiology, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
  3. 3School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
  4. 4Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
  5. 5Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Department of Public Health, University of Melbourne
  1. Correspondence to:
    Jane Hocking, Burnet Institute, GPO Box 2284, Melbourne 3001, Victoria, Australia;
    hocking{at}burnet.edu.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.79.4.346-a

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    Chlamydia trachomatis is the commonest bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Victoria, Australia, with the number of notifications increasing threefold in the past 8 years from 1287 in 1994 to 3977 in 2001.1 As infection with chlamydia is frequently asymptomatic, notification data underestimate population prevalence. Innovative study designs are necessary to investigate chlamydia prevalence and risk factors. We conducted a pilot study among women aged 18–32, to estimate the rate of response to a request to provide a mailed self collected urine specimen for chlamydia testing. Recruitment via mail was compared with recruitment via mail and follow up telephone contact.

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