TY - JOUR T1 - Gonococcal infection: the effect of educational counselling on patient compliance. JF - The British Journal of Venereal Diseases JO - Br J Vener Dis SP - 137 LP - 140 DO - 10.1136/sti.57.2.137 VL - 57 IS - 2 AU - K K Goodrich Y1 - 1981/04/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/57/2/137.abstract N2 - Control of the spread of gonorrhoea requires considerable patient co-operation. A study of 100 consecutive patients with gonorrhoea attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic was undertaken to determine whether improving a patient's understanding of their disease, its treatment, and the need for contact tracing increased the patient's willingness to attend for follow-up. The results indicated that although educational counselling improved the reattendance rate at follow-up it is debatable whether such a time-consuming and expensive method is justifiable economically. ER -