RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Gonococcal infection: the effect of educational counselling on patient compliance.
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 137
OP 140
DO 10.1136/sti.57.2.137
VO 57
IS 2
A1 K K Goodrich
YR 1981
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/57/2/137.abstract
AB 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.