Table 2 Time to diagnosis and treatment for patients with genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection.
| Number (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text group (n = 28) | Standard group (n = 21) | p Value | ||
| Gender female | 27 (96.4) | 20 (95.2) | 0.835 | |
| Race | ||||
| White British | 11 (39.3) | 6 (28.6) | ||
| White other | 5 (17.9) | 5 (23.8) | ||
| Black British | 4 (14.3) | 4 (19.0) | ||
| Black other | 4 (14.3) | 1 (4.8) | ||
| Other | 3 (10.7) | 5 (23.8) | ||
| Not known | 1 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Mean age, years (SD) | 24.8 [3.9) | 27.2 [8.6) | 0.227* | |
| Mean time to diagnosis, days (SD) (range) | 7.9 (3.6) (4–23) | 12.5 (4.5) (6–20) | <0.001* | |
| Median time from contact to treatment, days (range) | 1 (IQR 0–3) (0–20) | 1 (0 to 2) (0–15) | 0.756† | |
| Median time from test to treatment, days (range) | 9 (IQR 7–14) (4–27) | 15 (9 to 18) (7–35) | 0.005† | |
SD, standard deviation ;IQR, interquartile range.
*p Value using unpaired t test.
†p Value using Mann‐Whitney U test.