A sexual health quality improvement program (SHIMMER) triples chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing rates among young people attending Aboriginal primary health care services in Australia

Table 3 Proportion tested for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in the baseline compared with the quality improvement program (QIP) audit by consultation type

Patient gender & consultation types	Consultations		Chlamydia testing			Gonorrhoea testing
	Period		Period			Period
	Baseline	QIP^a	Baseline	QIP^a	p-value^b	Baseline	QIP^a	p-value^b
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)		n (%)	n (%)
Overall	408 (48)	437 (52)	95 (23)	109 (25)	0.573	49 (12)	107 (24)	<0.001
Females
Overall	248 (61)	226 (52)	58 (23)	68 (30)	0.099	34 (14)	64 (28)	<0.001
Consultations types
General medical^c	140 (56)	104 (46)	19 (14)	12 (12)	0.637	11 (8)	11 (11)	0.463
STI symptom/ check^d	20 (8)	25 (11)	13 (65)	20 (80)	0.258	8 (40)	21 (84)	0.002
Reproductive Health^e	55 (22)	61 (27)	16 (29)	24 (39)	0.246	9 (16)	21 (34)	0.027
Adult Health Check^f	12 (5)	16 (7)	6 (50)	10 (62)	0.508	3 (25)	10 (62)	0.049
Mental health^g	17 (7)	13 (6)	3 (18)	2 (15)	0.869	3 (18)	1 (8)	0.238
Injury^h	4 (2)	7 (3)	1 (25)	0 (0)	0.165	0 (0)	0 (0)	N/A
Males
Overall	159 (39)	210 (48)	37 (23)	41 (19)	0.387	15 (9)	43 (20)	0.004
Consultations types
General medical^c	95 (59)	132 (62)	14 (15)	8 (6)	0.029	5 (5)	8 (6)	0.788
STI symptom/ check^d	9 (5)	10 (5)	6 (67)	7 (70)	0.876	4 (44)	7 (70)	0.260
Adult Health Check^f	26 (16)	24 (11)	13 (50)	18 (75)	0.069	4 (15)	19 (79)	0.053
Mental health^g	14 (8)	19 (9)	2 (14)	7 (37)	0.150	2 (14)	7 (37)	0.150
Injury^h	15 (9)	25 (12)	2 (13)	1 (4)	0.278	0 (0)	2 (8)	0.261

^aQIP (quality improvement program)
^bPearson χ2 test (significance p < 0.05)
^cGeneral medical (ear, nose and throat, skin, respiratory tract infection, urinary tract infection, back pain, migraines, thyroid problems, referrals, vaccinations, smoking cessation)
^dSTI symptom/check (STI check, discharge, dysuria)
^eReproductive health (Pap smear, contraception, antenatal)
^fAdult Health Check (a general health assessment which is recommended annually to 15-54 year old Aboriginal people)
^gMental Health (depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts) h Injury (broken bones, bruises)

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