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Table 1 Number (%) of respondents who would answer sexual history questions to various authorities

From: Collecting data for sexually transmitted infections (STI) surveillance: what do patients prefer in Flanders?

"Below, you find the questions that you would be asked, if you would be diagnosed with an STI. Who would you allow to ask the following questions?"

 

My GP

Someone else (on the phone)

Someone else (by mail)

I answer the question on an internet form

No one is allowed to ask me this question

Which symptoms do you have?

295 (98)

24 (8)

52 (17)

85 (28)

0 (0)

Did you have an STI before?

274 (91)

35 (12)

59 (20)

90 (30)

9 (3)

Do you have an idea who might have passed the infection on to you?

267 (89)

27 (9)

44 (15)

69 (23)

15 (5)

Do you have a regular sex partner?

275 (92)

46 (15)

65 (22)

88 (29)

8 (3)

Do you have occasional sex partners?

255 (85)

34 (12)

55 (18)

80 (27)

25 (8)

When might you have gotten the infection?

281 (94)

29 (10)

56 (19)

85 (28)

4 (1)

Where (in which town) might you have gotten the infection?

250 (83)

29 (10)

56 (19)

82 (27)

26 (9)

Did you visit a prostitute?

220 (73)

19 (6)

39 (13)

69 (23)

59 (20)