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Table 2 Partner notification and partner treatment practices indicated by 289 GPs for the two ‘vignettes’ of chlamydia cases presented in the questionnaire (NIVEL PCD 2016)

From: Partner notification and partner treatment for chlamydia: attitude and practice of general practitioners in the Netherlands; a landscape analysis

 

Case 1:

low risk

Case 2:

higher risk

Total

Partner notification (PN)a

Discuss with patient, let patient do PN him/herself

93%b

81%b

87%

Discuss and offer to do PN by GP or assistant

22%

26%

24%

Refer to MHS or use PN website

37%b

74%b

55%

Partner treatment (PT)a

Advise to get the partner to consult the GP for a test

72%b

81%b

76%

Advise to get the partner to consult a GP for direct treatment

52%

59%

55%

Prescribe antibiotics for the partner

18%

14%

16%

Prescribe a double dosage to patient to treat his/her partner

5.6%

6.9%

6.3%

Prescribe AB to partner after patient has done PN

45%b

24%b

34%

  1. amultiple choice questions, more than 1 answer possible
  2. bsignificant difference between low risk and high risk, at p < 0.05. PN = partner notification; PT = Partner Treatment