Box 1.

Details of participants

• Genitourinary medicine clinic
• Reasons for attending clinic
• Referred by: general practitioner (5), family planning clinic (2), gynaecology services after termination of pregnancy (1), sexual partner (2)
• Employment status
• Student (1), unemployed (1), financial management (2), administrative/clerical (5), sales assistant (1)
• Relationship status
• Cohabiting (1), regular relationship (6), single (3)
• Presenting symptoms and comorbidity (when present)
• Abdominal pain (gonorrhoea) (1), genital warts (4), abdominal pain (pelvic inflammatory disease) and genital warts (1), irregular menstruation (1)
• Family planning clinic
• Reasons for attending clinic
• Emergency contraception: requested sexual health screen (1), advised to have sexual health screen (1), referred by sexual partner (1), attended for sexual health screen (1), seeking treatment for symptoms related to sexually transmitted disease (1), insertion of intrauterine device (1), cervical smear (1)
• Employment status
• Student (4), financial management (1), administrative/clerical (1), care worker (1)
• Relationship status
• Regular relationship (5), single (2)
• Presenting symptoms and comorbidity (when present)
• Urinary symptoms (1)