Effectiveness of office sampling and home sampling for testing of partners. Calculations based on the “intention to test” population
| Index women | Index men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office sampling (n=663) | Home sampling (n=637) | p Value Effectiveness difference (95% CI) | Office sampling (n=269) | Home sampling (n=257) | p Value Effectiveness difference (95% CI) | |
| No of index cases with one or more partner(s) tested | 78 | 166 | p<0.0001 | 9 | 38 | p<0.0001 |
| Proportion of identified cases | 11.8% | 26.1% | 14.3% (10.1 to 18.5) | 3.3% | 14.8% | 11.5% (6.7 to 16.3) |
| No of index cases with one or more partner(s) infected | 44 | 69 | p=0.01 | 5 | 16 | p=0.02 |
| Proportion of identified cases | 6.6% | 10.8% | 4.2% (1.1 to 7.3) | 1.9% | 6.2% | 4.3% (0.9 to 7.7) |
| Average number of tested partner(s) per index patient | 0.14 | 0.31 | p<0.0001 | 0.04 | 0.16 | p<0.0001 |