Engaging HIV Patients in Primary Care by Promoting Acceptance

HIV Clinical Trial

— HIV Engage  

Official title:

Engaging HIV Patients in Primary Care by Promoting Acceptance

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02004457
• Other study ID #: R34MH098694-02
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 26, 2013
• Last updated: March 8, 2017
• Start date: March 2013
• Est. completion date: January 2017

Study information

• Verified date: March 2017
• Source: Butler Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Engagement in primary care for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is a significant public health concern because reduced commitment to care puts PLWHA at risk for illness progression, death, and transmission of HIV to others. This project will develop a novel treatment, brief acceptance-based behavior therapy (ABBT), to promote self-acceptance of HIV status as a pathway to reducing engagement barriers. The clinical and public health impact of this project will be the development of a simple, low-cost, disseminable intervention that enhances longitudinal commitment to care so PLWHA can obtain effective medical treatments that will prolong survival and improve quality of life. We hypothesize that individuals randomized to brief ABBT will showed increased longitudinal attendance of primary care appointments.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 43
• Est. completion date: January 2017
• Est. primary completion date: May 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• new to the primary care clinic

• HIV+

• between 18 and 60 years old

• entering HIV care for the first time

• able to speak and read English sufficiently to be able to complete the study procedures

• have access to a telephone

Exclusion Criteria:

• psychiatrically or cognitively impaired

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• HIV

Intervention

Behavioral:
• ABBT

Other:
• TAU

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Butler Hospital	Providence	Rhode Island

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Butler Hospital	Brown University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Frequency of attended primary care medical appointments	The number of primary care medical appointments a participant attends over the course of 9 months.	9 months
Primary	Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-2	A modified version of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-2 (AAQ-2) will be used to quantify the degree to which participants accept their HIV diagnosis and related stresses.	9 months
Primary	HIV Disclosure Scale	The HIV Disclosure Scale will be used to quantify how willing participants are to disclose their HIV status to others.	9 months
Secondary	Berger HIV Stigma Scale	The Berger HIV Stigma Scale will used to measure the degree to which participants experience HIV-related stigma.	9 months
Secondary	Disclosure to others	The number of individuals to whom the participant discloses his/her HIV status to.	9 months
Secondary	Social Support Questionnaire	The Social Support Questionnaire will be used to measure participants' perceived social support.	9 months