Evaluation of Barriers to Postpartum Care in HIV Infected Women

Pregnancy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of Barriers to Postpartum Care in HIV Infected Women

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01853917
• Other study ID #: HSC-MS-11-0503
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 19, 2012
• Last updated: December 2, 2014
• Start date: January 2012
• Est. completion date: November 2014

Study information

• Verified date: December 2014
• Source: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate why the majority of HIV infected women in the Harris County Health District system who are pregnant do not come to clinic for their HIV disease after they have a baby through questionaires administered prepartum and questionaires and structured interviews postpartum. The study will ask subjects questions about HIV, drug use, depression and social problems.

Description:

This study is evaluating information pre and postpartum to assess what are barriers to patients coming into care for HIV after they have a baby. We will try to evaluate recurrent themes in questionaires and interviews to try and identify the barriers to care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 38
• Est. completion date: November 2014
• Est. primary completion date: February 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria: HIV infected pregnant women who

• HIV-infected women who are pregnant by confirmatory tests or an HIV positive woman who has had a baby within the last 6 months and is coming to care postpartum.

• Women who intend to get care at Harris County Hospital District.

• Subjects must be >18 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women unable to complete questionnaires.

• Women who are unable to speak, read, or understand English or Spanish.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• HIV Infection
• Pregnancy

Intervention

Other:
• questionaires and structured interviews
We will do questionaires on pregnant women before they have their baby and after they have their baby. We will do structured interviews after they have their baby

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Harris County Hospital District Clinics-LBJ hospital	Houston	Texas
United States	Harris County Hospital District Clinics-Thomas Street Clinic, Northwest Clinic	Houston	Texas

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston	M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	evaluate results from qualitative interviews	we will ask and record responses and enter into an NIVIVO program to evaluate for emergent themes	women seen after they have their baby	No
Secondary	evaluate results from questionaires	we will evaluate responses from questionaires There will be 8 areas that there are questionnaires about. These include basic information about yourself, about stress, about your support system, about your sense of control, about tobacco use, about for alcohol/drug use, about taking your HIV medications, and about depression.	before they have a baby and after they have a baby	No