Computer assisted self interviewing in a sexual health clinic as part of routine clinical care; impact on service and patient and clinician views

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Vodstrcil, Lenka A ^a,b   Hocking, Jane S ^b   Cummings, Rosey ^a   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,c   Read, Tim R H ^a,b   Sze, Jun K ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CENTER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNSAFE SEX; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CHLAMYDIA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79953665725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018456     Document Type: Article

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