Assessing Patient Opinions About Electronic Messaging for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Result Notification and Partner Services, Durham, North Carolina

Sex Transm Dis. 2019 Sep;46(9):625-628. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001021.

Abstract

Text or e-mail messages can provide timely notification of sexually transmitted disease results to patients. We assessed sexually transmitted disease clinic patient opinions about text/e-mail notification via a service called Chexout. Among 113 patients who opted in, the majority found results notification via texts/e-mails to be satisfactory (99.0%) and easy (92.9%).

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Attitude*
  • Chlamydia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Contact Tracing / methods
  • Disease Notification / methods*
  • Female
  • Gonorrhea / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • North Carolina
  • Patients / psychology*
  • Sexual Partners
  • Text Messaging*
  • Young Adult