Time to healthcare seeking following the onset of symptoms among men and women attending a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia.

Background: Timely diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) underpin their control by reducing the duration of infectiousness. There are currently limited data exploring healthcare seeking among individuals with STI symptoms.

Methods: We analyzed data on individuals reporting STI symptoms at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) between August 2017 and December 2020.

Positivity and Risk Factors for Trichomonas vaginalis Among Women Attending a Sexual Health Clinic in Melbourne, 2006 to 2019.

Background: Trichomonas vaginalis is not a notifiable disease in Australia in most states, resulting in limited Australian epidemiological studies. This study aimed to examine the positivity of T. vaginalis in women attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) and identify associated factors.

Standardizing definitions and reporting guidelines for the infertility core outcome set: an international consensus development study.

Study Question: Can consensus definitions for the core outcome set for infertility be identified in order to recommend a standardized approach to reporting?

Summary Answer: Consensus definitions for individual core outcomes, contextual statements, and a standardized reporting table have been developed.

What Is Known Already: Different definitions exist for individual core outcomes for infertility. This variation increases the opportunities for researchers to engage with selective outcome reporting, which undermines secondary research and compromises clinical practice guideline development.

Developing a core outcome set for future infertility research: an international consensus development study.

Study Question: Can a core outcome set to standardize outcome selection, collection, and reporting across future infertility research be developed?

Summary Answer: A minimum data set, known as a core outcome set, has been developed for randomized controlled trials (RCT) and systematic reviews evaluating potential treatments for infertility.

What Is Known Already: Complex issues, including a failure to consider the perspectives of people with fertility problems when selecting outcomes, variations in outcome definitions, and the selective reporting of outcomes on the basis of statistical analysis, make the results of infertility research difficult to interpret.

Study Design, Size, Duration: A three-round Delphi survey (372 participants from 41 countries) and consensus development workshop (30 participants from 27 countries).