Biomedical subjects

A Satin

Publications and source records attributed to A Satin.

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PubMed1978

Measuring the outcome of contact tracing. 1. A description of the patient and contact populations studied.

A standard system for health workers to record and handle information on patients and contacts was introduced to five clinics. Information on all the patients interviewed during the first quarter of 1975 was collected and analysed. An analysis of the characteristics of these patients showed variation between the clinics. However, regardless of what was being measured, there were always differences between men and women. It was found that not all infected patients were interviewed about their contacts. Unless or until contact tracing includes all infected patients, the effect of contact tracing on the control of the sexually transmitted diseases will be of limited value and difficult to assess.

Age Factors↗

PubMed1978

Measuring the outcome of contact tracing. 2. The responsibilities of the health worker and the outcome of contact investigations.

The previous paper (Satin and Mills, 1978) concerned information on patients who were interviewed by health workers in five selected clinics; information on the contacts named by these patients was similarly analysed. This paper describes and evaluates the activities of the health workers and the outcome of contact investigations. At all stages of the contact tracing process, differences were observed between men and women. It was found that more than half of the male contacts and half the female contacts were known to have been examined. Of those contacts examined, at least two-thirds of them attended the same clinic as the patient who had named them, and 85% of these contacts were found to have a treatable condition. It will be seen that the concept of success or effectiveness of contact tracing is complex in definition and measurement.

Allied Health Personnel↗

PubMed1977

A record system for contact tracing.

A system for recording information on patients and contacts was developed during a research project designed to measure the effectiveness of contact tracing. The record system has proved valuable in contact tracing, cross-referencing patients and their contacts, defining the characteristics of the patient and contact populations, and providing information for research and management. The value of a standardised system has been accepted by health workers who appreciate that its purpose is to increase efficiency and improve the care of infected persons. By October 1976 health workers in 16 clinics in the United Kingdom had started to use the system.

Humans↗