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Patient-delivered partner therapy for sexually transmitted
diseases as practiced by U.S. physicians.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2005;32(2):101-105.
Hogben M, McCree DH, Golden MR.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to estimate how many U.S. physicians
practice patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT), which is the practice
of giving patients diagnosed with curable sexually transmitted infections
medication to give to their sex partners. STUDY: The authors conducted a
national survey of physicians in specialties that diagnose the majority of
sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. RESULTS: A total of 3011
physicians diagnosed at least 1 case of either gonorrhea or chlamydial infection
in the preceding year. For gonorrhea and chlamydial infection, 50% to 56%
reported ever using PDPT; 11% to 14% reported usually or always doing so.
Obstetricians and gynecologists and family practice physicians more often
used PDPT than internists, pediatricians, and emergency department physicians.
Clinicians who collected sex partner information, as well as those who saw
more female and white patients, used PDPT most often. CONCLUSIONS: PDPT is
widely but inconsistently used throughout the United States and is typically
provided to a minority of persons.