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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 Oct;36(10):e573–e575. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001387

Table 2.

Patient Attitudes Towards ED-based STI Screening

Total
N (%)
Agreed to STI Test
N (%)
Declined STI Test
N(%)
OR aOR*
The ED is a good place to be tested for STIs 384(72.1%) 244(77.0%) 140(64.8%) 1.8(1.2,2.7) 1.6(1.1, 2.4)
Comfortable getting tested for STIs in the ED 443(82.7%) 264(83.5%) 179(81.4%) 1.2(0.7,1.8) 1.1(0.7,1.8)
Want doctors in the ED to ask adolescents about their sexual activity 300(56.9%) 190(60.7%) 110(51.4%) 1.51.(0,2.1) 1.4(0.9,2.0)
Believe the ED is a good place for adolescents to answer questions about sexual health 348(65.3%) 221(70.2%) 127(58.3%) 1.7(1.2,2.4) 1.7(1.2,2.5)
Worried about parents finding out about STI testing 176(33.4%) 107(34.3%) 69(32.1%) 0.9(0.6,1.3) 0.8(0.6,1.2)
*

Adjusted for age, gender, insurance status and sexual activity