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Free C, McCarthy O, French RS, et al. Can text messages increase safer sex behaviours in young people? Intervention development and pilot randomised controlled trial. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2016 Jul. (Health Technology Assessment, No. 20.57.)

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Appendix 8Pilot trial secondary outcomes for participants with a sexually transmitted infection at baseline

TABLE 14

Pilot trial secondary outcomes for participants with a STI at baseline

Outcome at month 1GroupRisk Ratio (95% CI)p-value
Control, n/N (%)Intervention, n/N (%)
Took the treatment19/19 (100)18/19 (94.74)0.50
Avoided sex for 7 days16/19 (84.21)17/18 (94.44)1.12 (0.89 to 1.40)0.324
Told the last person they had sex with to take treatment
 Yes19/21 (90.48)15/19 (78.95)0.84 (0.68 to 1.04)0.116
 No1/21 (4.76)3/19 (15.79)Ref.
 Sort of1/21 (9.1)1/19 (5.26)
Avoided sex with this person for 7 days
 Yes17/19 (89.47)13/17 (76.47)1.02 (0.82 to 1.28)0.862
 No1/19 (5.26)0/17 (0.00)Ref.
 Unsure1/19 (5.26)4/17 (23.53)
If there was someone else the participant was having sex with around the time they were diagnosed with a STI, did they tell this person to get treatment?
 Yes8/20 (40.0)9/21 (42.86)1.22 (0.65 to 2.31)0.763
 No1/20 (5.0)2/21 (9.52)Ref.
 There wasn’t anyone else11/20 (55.0)10/21 (47.62)

Ref., reference.

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