NCT02509572

Improvement of STI Detection in Adolescent Emergency Department Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 720 (actual)
• Sponsor: Children's National Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this trial is to test a novel means of collecting patient-entered sexual health information for the provision of clinical decision support to increase the testing and detection of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in adolescent emergency department (ED) patients at high risk for STIs.

Detailed description

The investigators have developed a novel means of collecting sexual health information from adolescents in the emergency department (ED) through the use of an audio-computer assisted self-interview (ACASI). This information can then be used to provide clinical decision support to clinicians for targeted sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening in the ED for adolescents. This randomized trial randomizes patients to whether or not the clinician receives the decision support and tests whether provision of decision support results in increased STI screening for patients who report high risk sexual activity. Secondary outcomes include evaluation of whether the clinical decision support results in increased STI detection, and identifying factors associated with adapting the clinical decision support.

Conditions

• Sexually Transmitted Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Sexual health screen (SHS)	Decision support for STI screening through a novel sexual health screen

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-06-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2015-07-28
• Last updated: 2016-06-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States