Telephone notification of HIV test results: impact in King County, Washington

We evaluated if receiving HIV test results over the telephone was associated with a change in the number of persons who received results. Data were collected from individuals testing for HIV from 1995 to 2002 at selected public clinics in King County, WA. Rates of receiving HIV test results were cal...

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Published inSexually transmitted diseases Vol. 34; no. 10; p. 796
Main Authors McKinstry, Laura A, Goldbaum, Gary M, Meischke, Hendrika W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.2007
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
AIDS Serodiagnosis - methods
Female
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - prevention & control
HIV Infections - virology
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Telephone - statistics & numerical data
Washington - epidemiology
Washington
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Summary:We evaluated if receiving HIV test results over the telephone was associated with a change in the number of persons who received results. Data were collected from individuals testing for HIV from 1995 to 2002 at selected public clinics in King County, WA. Rates of receiving HIV test results were calculated for periods before and after telephone results were offered, for persons who were offered and accepted, offered but declined, and not offered telephone results. For persons testing HIV positive, overall rates of receiving results before and after telephone results were offered increased from 85% to 94% (P = 0.07). After controlling for confounders, people in the group offered and accepting telephone results were 2.5 (95% CI 1.7-3.6) times more likely to get HIV results compared to persons in the group not offered telephone results. Notifying persons of their HIV test results over the telephone may increase the numbers of people receiving results.
ISSN:0148-5717
1537-4521
DOI:10.1097/01.olq.0000261726.56859.5a