(MENAFN) British research discovered that sending text messages urging safe sex behavior to young individuals who have recently suffered a sexually transmitted infection (STI) does not prevent reinfection.
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine examined the efficacy of the Safetxt initiative, which aims to reduce chlamydia and gonorrhea reinfections.
On Wednesday, they published the findings of the research, which included almost 3,000 participants aged 16 to 24, in the medical journal BMJ.
The participants were divided into two groups, with one receiving regular SMS from Safetxt and the other receiving no texts at all.
The researchers discovered that 22.2% of individuals who got the SMS became reinfected with chlamydia or gonorrhea, whereas only 20.3% of those who did not did.
“The Safetxt intervention did not reduce chlamydia and gonorrhea reinfections at one year in people aged 16-24 years. More reinfections occurred in the Safetxt group,” the paper recognized.
The authors outlines that their findings “highlight the need for rigorous evaluation of health communication interventions.”
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