Home-based chlamydia and gonorrhoea screening: a systematic review of strategies and outcomes

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Table 2 Summary of home-based screening outcomes by program type

Program type	Tests	Participation rate	Specimen return rate	Testing rate	CT positivity
Program type	Total, median, IQR	Median, IQR	Median, IQR	Median, IQR	Median, IQR
Outreach programs	13717, 793, 402-3608	83.0%, 82.3-87.8	96.5%, 91.7-99.4	76.1%, 70.7-82.3	2.0%, 1.5-3.6
Outreach programs	(n=7)	(n=5)	(n=6)	(n=5)	(n=5)
PTK on invitation acceptance	46225, 657, 105-2580	37.1%, 17.3-65.1	78.9%, 68.3-86.0	18.1%, 12.8-36.2	2.0%, 1.0-4.2
PTK on invitation acceptance	(n=7)	(n=4)	(n=5)	(n=6)	(n=7)
PTK along with invitation	15126,1296, 486-4731		32.9%, 28.8-34.8	28.8%, 23.9-28.8	4.6%, 2.6-5.1
PTK along with invitation	(n=5)		(n=5)	(n=5)	(n=5)
PTK without invitation	2666, 709, 279-1055		31.8%, 26.5-47.4		9.1%, 5.2-12.8
PTK without invitation	(n=4)		(n=4)		(n=3)
PTK with in-person invitation	341, 37, 5-166	46.4%, 34.7-66.7	21.4%, 19.7-87.5	9.1%, 7.4-58.3	1.5%, 0-9.1
PTK with in-person invitation	(n=4)	(n=3)	(n=3)	(n=3)	(n=3)
PTK with pick-up	1167, 285, 83-799		18.6%, 12.1-20.2		5.4%, 1.8-9.0
PTK with pick-up	(n=3)		(n=3)		(n=2)
Multiple strategies	2391, 1196, 96-2295				9.2%, 7.3-11.1
Multiple strategies	(n=2)				(n=2)
Overall	81633, 550, 168-1368	68.9%, 40.6-82.6	51.4%, 22.0-87.5	28.8%, 12.8-65.6	3.6%, 1.7-7.3

CT, Chlamydia trachomatis; IQR, inter-quartile range; PTK, postal test kit.

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