(P57) DOES FACILITY TYPE AND INTERVIEW TIMING AFFECT COMPLETION RATES? EVIDENCE FROM THE OHIO STD SURVEILLANCE NETWORK (SSUN) SITE

Background:
Sexually transmitted disease (STD) surveillance programs monitor disease spread and generate data to inform STD testing and treatment efforts and direct future public health interventions. The CDC’s STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) Strategy B collects data on gonorrhea cases reported throughout ten U.S. sites. To understand interview completion across Ohio’s SSuN sample, we studied the association between facility type and the timing of initial contact attempt on interview completion.

Methods:
We ran two logistic regression models using SSuN enhanced surveillance data from 2020-2023. The first model examined the odds of a fully or partially completed interview (all or some questions answered) by testing facility type (safety net vs. traditional care) among all sampled gonorrhea cases(n=2648). The second evaluated the relationship between the day of week of the initial contact attempt and the odds of interview completion for a subsample (n=1911) of patients who were contacted at least once. Patients who did not have any value for interview completion status were excluded.

Results:
A minority (n=1043,39.4%) of clients completed a full or partial interview. Over half (55.1%) of the entire sample received testing at a safety net facility. The odds of a completed interview were higher among patients tested at safety net facilities compared to traditional care patients [OR=1.30,95% CI=1.08-1.54]. The odds of interview completion were higher among clients initially contacted on Wednesdays [OR=1.44,95% CI=1.00-2.07] and Thursdays [OR=1.46,95% CI=1.00-2.14] compared to Mondays.

Conclusion:
Patients tested at safety net facilities were more likely to complete a full or partial STD surveillance interview. Initial contact on mid-week days generally led to higher odds of interview completion, but this relationship did not account for multiple contact attempts or time of day, which is the focus of a follow-up analysis.