Assessment of Quality of care for sexually transmitted infections services on syndrome case management and factors associated with quality of service at public health institutions in Asella town, Arsi zone, Ethiopia, 2022.
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2023
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: In most parts of the world, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to be a
serious public health issue. Quality of STIs services is key in managing and preventing
transmission and more complications of the infection(1).
Objective:- The goal of this study was to evaluate the quality of care provided for sexually
transmitted infections related to quality of services on syndrome case management and
associated factors in Asella town public health institution, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia.
Method: A cross-sectional study based on an institution was carried out. A total of 129 study
participants provided information. The study participants were chosen using a purposive
sampling technique. A semi-structured questionnaire was used by trained interviewers to gather
the data. The data was gathered between March 1 and April 25, 2022. The collected information
was verified for accuracy before being coded and loaded into SPSS. Using descriptive statistics
and logistic regression analysis, factors with a P-value of 0.05 or higher were deemed significant.
Results: - surplus half of clinicians treat sexually transmitted infections correctly (78.4%). Good
quality sexually transmitted infections services were provided. Being not knowledgeable
clinicians (AOR=0.014, 95% CI (0.001, 0.211)), The quality of STIs services was significantly
asssociated with health facility (AOR=7.78, 95% CI: (2.24, 26.97) and treatment strategy
(AOR=4.23, 95% CI: (1.36, 14.47)
Conclusion:- Over all the quality of care for STIs of Syndrome Management was good by the
availability of National STIs syndrome management guidelines, examination lights, adequate
availability of STIs drugs, and adequate knowledge of clinicians to treat sexually transmitted
infections correctly. The quality of care is affected by some factors, the Clinician's training, and
the Speculum examination is the most important ones
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Sexually transmitted infections, Quality of Care, Syndrome management