Creating a Virtual Village for People Aging With HIV During COVID-19

Hiv Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Solution to Halt Further Isolation of People Aging With HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04747756
• Other study ID #: 60304
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 2022

Study information

• Verified date: February 2021
• Source: University of California, Riverside
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In a PCORI-funded project on HIV and aging engagement that was co-led by the study team, the topics of isolation and depressions were identified as priority areas of deep concern among older PLWH. The COVID-19 pandemic has enhanced the urgency to test interventions to mitigate depression and isolation among older PLWH. However, there is scant evidence on effective interventions that help mitigate depression and isolation among older PLWH. While physical distancing and stay at home orders are a necessary strategy to flatten the curve, ease pressure on the healthcare system, and protect the most vulnerable, the order further increases the isolation faced by people aging with HIV, and creates barriers to accessing medications, health services, and other resources. This project will include 6 virtual focus groups and 12 individual interviews with adults ages 50 or older in California (Palm Spring, Los Angeles) and the Tampa-Bay region, Florida to (1): further characterize issues related to depression, isolation, and basic needs of people aging with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic (2) utilizing results from Aim 1, co-develop ideas for what to include in a virtual village, and (3) create and pilot the virtual village in a group of people aging with HIV. The overall goal of this study is to execute an innovative solution to address issues related to isolation for older PLWH which have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: December 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 50 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• English or Spanish speaking adults
• Living with HIV
• residing in Palm Springs, Los Angeles, or Tampa Bay Florida
• age 50 or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• not able to read English or Spanish

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aging
• Depression
• Depression in Old Age
• Hiv
• Isolation, Social

Intervention

Other:
• Virtual Village
The purpose of this study is to create a virtual village for people aging with HIV, and to pilot test the virtual village intervention as a final step.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UC Riverside	Riverside	California

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Riverside	HIV+Aging Research Project-Palm Springs, University of South Florida, University of Southern California

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in depression after pilot testing virtual village	Measuring change in depression using PHQ9	3 months