Comparative effectiveness and acceptability of home-based and clinic-based sampling methods for sexually transmissible infections screening in females aged 14-50 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Sexual Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 559-569

  Odesanmi, Tolulope Y ^a   Wasti, Sharada P ^a   Odesanmi, Omolola S ^b   Adegbola, Omololu ^b   Oguntuase, Olubukola O ^a   Mahmood, Sajid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Gonorrhoea; Mass screening; Trichomonas

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINIC BASED SAMPLING METHOD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; HOME BASED SAMPLING METHOD; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; META ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANONYMOUS TESTING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888373674     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH13029     Document Type: Review

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