Amy M Kelly1, Marjorie Ireland, David Aughey. 1. Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. kell0791@umn.edu
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) incidence and recurrence rates in an urban teen clinic. DESIGN/ SETTING: A retrospective chart review of female patients seen as outpatients over an 18-month period at an urban teen clinic. 192 patients were diagnosed with PID, and the charts of these patients were reviewed in depth. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: PID incidence and recurrence rates. RESULTS: A PID incidence of 9.7% was identified. Of the adolescent females diagnosed with PID, 47% had recurrent PID. Of the females with recurrent PID, 27% had three or more episodes. Only 36% of adolescent females diagnosed with PID ever reported that their partners had been treated. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests a higher incidence of PID as well as PID recurrence in the present clinic-based adolescent population than previously reported. More accurate monitoring of incidence and recurrence rates in well-defined populations of adolescents should be conducted with the hope of identifying effective avenues of intervention.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) incidence and recurrence rates in an urban teen clinic. DESIGN/ SETTING: A retrospective chart review of female patients seen as outpatients over an 18-month period at an urban teen clinic. 192 patients were diagnosed with PID, and the charts of these patients were reviewed in depth. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: PID incidence and recurrence rates. RESULTS: A PID incidence of 9.7% was identified. Of the adolescent females diagnosed with PID, 47% had recurrent PID. Of the females with recurrent PID, 27% had three or more episodes. Only 36% of adolescent females diagnosed with PID ever reported that their partners had been treated. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests a higher incidence of PID as well as PID recurrence in the present clinic-based adolescent population than previously reported. More accurate monitoring of incidence and recurrence rates in well-defined populations of adolescents should be conducted with the hope of identifying effective avenues of intervention.