RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Default patterns of patients attending clinics for sexually transmitted diseases.
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 124
OP 127
DO 10.1136/sti.54.2.124
VO 54
IS 2
A1 Mahony, J D
A1 Bevan, J
A1 Wall, B
YR 1978
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/54/2/124.abstract
AB The influence of gender, propaganda, and treatment methods was studied in relation to default behaviour of patients with sexually transmitted diseases. The overall default rate of men and women was similar, but a larger proportion of men defaulted after the initial visit, while the biggest fall-out in women was after the second attendance at the clinic. The institution of a propaganda campaign was followed by a reduction in defaulting. The statistical significance of this is open to question, however: moreover the observed improvement in default rate was not maintained once the propaganda had been relaxed. Men treated for non-gonococcal urethritis by a regimen which included one injection a week for three weeks showed a highly significantly lower default rate compared with those who received tablets alone.