Strength of Evidence:
4 out of 4
Year Published:
2015
Home-Based Versus Clinic-Based Specimen Collection in the Management of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhea Infections
Description of Resource:
Chlamydia and gonorrhea are common sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Management of these infections might be easier if people could collect specimens at home and send them to a laboratory, rather than having to go to a clinic. This systematic review sought to assess the evidence on the effectiveness of home-based specimen collection compared with clinic-based collection for the clinical management of chlamydia and gonorrhea infections. This review identified 10 relevant trials and found no difference between home-based and clinic-based specimen collection in the proportion of people who completed testing, diagnosis, and treatment. Home-based specimen collection could result in similar levels of index case management for chlamydia or gonorrhea infection when compared with clinic-based specimen collection. The safety of home-based specimen collection compared with clinic-based specimen collection was not evaluated.
Developed By:
Cochrane Review
Developer Type:
Non-Federal Government
Healthy People 2020 Topic Area(s):
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Healthy People 2020 Objectives:
Resource Type:
Systematic Review
Citation:
Fajardo-Bernal L, Aponte-Gonzalez J, Vigil P, Angel-Müller E, Rincon C, Gaitán HG, Low N. Home-based versus clinic-based specimen collection in the management of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections. Cochrane Database Syst Rev [Internet]. 2015 [cited 2018 Jan 23];(9). Art. No.: CD011317. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011317.pub2. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD011317.pub2/full
