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How are self-taken samples for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in HIV clinics perceived by patients?

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  • Contributors DR conceived the study. AC and TB designed the questionnaire and carried out the survey. AC processed the data and wrote the manuscript, with all three authors contributing to the writing process throughout.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Ethics approval This study was conducted as a service evaluation, with a questionnaire taking less than 5 min to complete when attending for routine appointments. There were no interventions and no follow-up conducted. It was optional and anonymous, with no link to identifiers, medical records, clinical interactions or clinical findings.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

  • Data sharing statement The data summarised in the article can be accessed by contacting AC, including the questionnaire proforma, the raw data set, statistical analysis and literature search. There is no additional unpublished data from this study.

  • This study was presented as a poster at BASHH 2015, published in abstract form in STI BASHH abstracts (P110, Sex Transm Infect 2015;91(Suppl 1):A54, 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052126.153).