Provision of chlamydia testing, and training of primary health care staff about chlamydia testing, across four European countries

Table 4 Chlamydia care in GP practices in study countries

	England	Estonia	France	Sweden
GPs regularly provide STI care including chlamydia	Yes	No	Yes, usually only for symptomatic cases	Yes
% of GP services performing any testing for genital CT infection	88%	< 5%	< 10%	>80%
Do GP services provide screening (i.e. testing asymptomatic cases for chlamydia)?	Yes	No	No	Yes
Do GP services test symptomatic cases for chlamydia?	Yes	No	No	Yes (on the request of the patient)
Most commonly used method for chlamydia testing in GP settings	NAAT*	NAAT	NAAT	NAAT
Specimens usually used by GPs for diagnosis of symptomatic cases	Men urine; Women – physician collected cervical swab	Men – urine or physician collected urethral swab; Women – physician collected cervical swab	Men urine; Women – physician collected cervical swab	Men urine; Women – cervical swab or (self-collected) vaginal swabs
Specimens usually used by GPs for screening tests	Men urine; Women – (self-collected) vaginal swabs or urine	Men – urine or physician collected urethral swab; women – physician collected swab (endocervical) or urine	Men - urine samples: women - physician collected swab (endocervical)	Men urine; Women – (self- collected) vaginal swabs

ISSN: 1471-2458