Sexual risk assessment in general practice: evidence from a New South Wales survey
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Sexual Health
- Vol. 4 (1), 1-8
- https://doi.org/10.1071/sh06012
Abstract
Background: Physicians’ inadequate involvement in sexual risk assessment has the potential to miss many asymptomatic cases. The present study was conducted to explore sexual risk assessment by physicians in clinical practice and to identify barriers in eliciting sexual histories from patients. Methods: A stratified random sample of 15% of general practitioners (GP) from New South Wales was surveyed to assess their management of sexually transmissible infections (STI). In total, 409 GP participated in the survey with a response rate of 45.4%. Results: Although nearly 70% of GP regularly elicited a sexual history from commercial sex workers whose presenting complaint was not an STI, this history taking was much lower (This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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