Table 4.
Rates of adherence to CDC STI collection/testing guidelines by subgroups (N=231)
| Scenario | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 year old asymptomatic patient | 18 years old asymptomatic patient | 18 years old asymptomatic patient with partner with penile discharge | 18 years old symptomatic patient with vaginal discharge only | |||||
| n (%) | p-value | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | p-value | |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||||
| Female | 124 (87.9) | 0.97 | 124 (87.9) | 0.44 | 101 (76.6) | 0.68 | 54 (38.3) | 0.98 |
| Male | 74 (88.1) | 70 (84.3) | 58 (69.0) | 32 (38.1) | ||||
| Years in practice, n (%) | ||||||||
| ≤7 years | 94 (91.3) | 0.15 | 91 (88.3) | 0.45 | 74 (71.8) | 0.66 | 39 (37.9) | 0.84 |
| ≥8 years | 102 (85.0) | 101 (84.9) | 83 (69.2) | 47 (39.2) | ||||
| Practice type, n (%) | ||||||||
| Private | 25 (80.6) | 0.23 | 24 (77.4) | 0.15 | 19 (61.3) | 0.20 | 12 (38.7) | 0.97 |
| Academic | 172 (89.1) | 169 (88.0) | 140 (72.5) | 74 (38.3) | ||||
| Region, n (%) | ||||||||
| Midwesta | 67 (87.0) | 0.97 | 68 (88.3) | 0.86 | 55 (71.4) | 0.93 | 23 (29.9) | 0.27 |
| Northeastb | 48 (88.9) | 47 (87.0) | 40 (74.1) | 24 (44.4) | ||||
| Southc | 59 (88.1) | 55 (83.3) | 46 (68.7) | 28 (42.1) | ||||
| Westd | 17 (85.0) | 17 (85.0) | 14 (70.0) | 9 (45.0) | ||||
a
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
b
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
c
Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia
d
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming