Table 3.
Case comparison of possible conditions identified by site, clinical diagnosis, and emotional impact.
| Participant pseudonym | Possible conditions identified by site | Clinical diagnosis | Imagined emotional outcome, if using site prior to care | Outcome | ||
| Case group summary: non-STI cause of urogenital symptoms identified by site and confirmed clinically |
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Rondel | non-STIa,b | non-STI | Reassured |
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Jane | non-STI | non-STI | Reassured |
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Costa | non-STI | non-STI | Reassured |
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Leigh | non-STI | non-STI | Reassured |
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Binh | non-STI | non-STI | Reassured |
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| Case group summary: curable STI identified as possible cause of urogenital symptoms by site and confirmed clinically |
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Mayu | Curablec STI | Curable STI | Reassured |
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Jay | Curable STI | Curable STI | Reassured |
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Donovan | Curable STI | Curable STI | Reassured |
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Edi | Curable STI | Curable STI | Reassured |
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Giani | Curable STI | Curable STI | Reassured |
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| Case group summary: recurrence of incurable but treatable STI identified as possible cause of genital symptoms by site, confirmed clinically |
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Kiba | Incurabled STI | Recurrence of incurable STI | Not concerned |
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| Case group summary: incurable but treatable STI identified as possible causes of genital symptoms and confirmed or disconfirmed clinically |
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Sunny | Incurable STI | non-STI | Not reassured |
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Felix | Incurable STI | Incurable STI | Not reassured |
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| Case group summary: no condition identified as symptoms not able to be entered. Non-STI diagnosed on clinical examination |
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Adam | No result | non-STI | Not reassured |
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aSTI: sexually transmitted infection.
bGenito-urinary conditions not caused by a sexually transmitted infection (eg, candidiasis, balanitis).
cAble to be cured with antibiotics (eg, syphilis, chlamydia, Mycoplasma genitalium, gonorrhea).
dIncurable but treatable (eg, herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus).