Prevalence,Knowledge and Attitude of HIV /AIDS in Luxor

HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prevalence,Knowledge and Attitude of HIV /AIDS in Luxor

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03485599
• Other study ID #: PKHIVL
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• First received: March 21, 2018
• Last updated: March 30, 2018
• Start date: January 2019
• Est. completion date: April 2020

Study information

• Verified date: March 2018
• Source: Assiut University
• Contact: Hisham Zayan, Assistant
• Phone: 01223971409
• Email: hishamzayan[@]icloud.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Human immunodeficiency virus infection is a global pandemic problem. About 35.3 million infected people in the world, so causing a great social, economical, political and cultural problems worldwide.

In 1986 Egypt's first AIDS case was discovered , since then the number of infected cases cases are increasing.According to United Nations 2016 statistics, there are about 11,000 infected people living with Human immunodeficiency virus in Egypt.

Description:

Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes the infection and over time leading to Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

The virus spread primarily by unprotected sex including vaginal, anal and oral sex, contaminated blood transfusions, infected needles, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or from milk during breastfeeding.

In 1986 Egypt's first AIDS case was discovered , since then the number of infected cases cases are increasing.According to United Nations 2016 statistics, there are about 11,000 infected people living with Human immunodeficiency virus in Egypt.

According to the National Aids Program, the primary mode of transmission is heterosexual intercourse, followed by homosexual intercourse , renal dialysis , and blood transfusion Others include street children, prisoners, and refugees, female sex workers, men have sex with men, and injecting drug users.

Human immunodeficiency virus related stigma and discrimination is a great barrier to effectively fighting the disease epidemic.

This study will assess prevalence, knowledge, attitudes of Human immunodeficiency virus and Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome people in Luxor Governorate in Upper Egypt.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 400
• Est. completion date: April 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1-People living in Luxor. 2 Subjects of high risk groups as men have sex with men, children street, female sex workers.

3-People clinically diagnosed as HIV/AIDS. 4-People in contact with HIV/AIDS patients.

Exclusion Criteria:

1 - Subjects outside Luxor 2- People refused to consent 3- Mentally disordered patients

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• HIV/AIDS

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• ELIZA , Westron blot
Blood sample will be taken then rapid test by ELIZA will be done if positive then confirmatory test by Westron blot will be done

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Faculty of Medicine	Assiut

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Assiut University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

References & Publications (3)

Abstracts from the 38th annual meeting of the society of general internal medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Apr;30 Suppl 2:45-551. doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3271-0. — View Citation

Cohen MS, Hellmann N, Levy JA, DeCock K, Lange J. The spread, treatment, and prevention of HIV-1: evolution of a global pandemic. J Clin Invest. 2008 Apr;118(4):1244-54. doi: 10.1172/JCI34706. Review. — View Citation

Getnet MK, Damen HM. Level of stigma among female sex workers: comparison of two surveys of HIV behavioral data, Ethiopia. Afr Health Sci. 2011 Dec;11(4):543-9. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	knowledge score	Questionnaire to define knowledge score of HIV/AIDS through an interview	20 mintues