Summary
Clinicians from the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) are conducting a brief survey for people who have had or are about to receive injectable syphilis treatment (bicillin).
The goal is to understand peoples’ experiences and pain to inform pain management strategies before and during injectable syphilis treatment.
Background & Objectives
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum. It is treated with antibiotics, usually offered as an injection of a long-acting penicillin (bicillin) into each hip or buttock muscle. Patients can sometimes experience pain or discomfort during or after the injection.
We are looking at ways to improve the experience of patients by developing pain management approaches to be shared with clinicians and patients.
Who can participate?
Anyone who has had or is about the receive injectable syphilis treatment (bicillin). The survey is available in English, Simplified Chinese, and Punjabi.
What can I do?
If you are someone who has had or about to receive injectable syphilis treatment, we invite you to complete this survey.
If you are a clinician, you can help by offering the survey to patients receiving syphilis treatment or by using the image and QR code below to promote it the survey in your clinic.
About the survey
The survey should only take about 5 minutes to complete. You do not need to share any personally identifiable information unless you want to be entered into a monthly gift card draw for participation. The information you share is always kept private and confidential.
Participation in this survey will directly inform the development of resources and strategies to improve pain management for injectable syphilis treatment (bicillin). Thank you in advance for participating or sharing this survey within your networks.
Survey link: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_77FEjvHYwtdytRc?Q_CHL=qr.
