Table 1

 Effectiveness of drug combinations for urethral discharge and pelvic inflammatory disease in records of STI clients by syndrome among intervention (D1, D2) and reference (D3) GPs (n = 1105)

DistrictSTI syndromeTime period (n)Syndrome effectivenessp Value
EffectivePartially effectiveIneffective
D1Urethral dischargeBefore (64)18 (28.1%)31 (48.4%)15 (23.4%)0.595
After (56)18 (32.1%)29 (51.8%)9 (16.1%)
PIDBefore (129)26 (20.2%)89 (69.0%)14 (10.9%)0.184
After (143)30 (21.0%)106 (74.1%)7 (4.9%)
D2Urethral dischargeBefore (78)23 (29.5%)42 (53.8%)13 (16.7%)0.005
After (56)30 (53.6%)24 (42.9%)2 (3.6%)
PIDBefore (143)24 (16.8%)110 (76.9%)9 (6.3%)0.699
After (163)32 (19.6%)118 (72.4%)13 (8.0%)
D3Urethral dischargeBefore (33)6 (18.2%)18 (54.5%)9 (27.3%)0.036
After (31)15 (48.4%)11 (35.5%)5 (16.1%)
PIDBefore (103)14 (13.6%)69 (67.0%)20 (19.4%)0.007
After (106)24 (22.6%)48 (45.3%)34 (32.1%)