The Impact Evaluation of the COVID-19 Prevention on Risk Factors of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Comorbidity

Recruiting

• Conditions: Human Immunodeficiency Virus; COVID-19 Pandemics

• Registration Number: NCT05188456
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University

Brief Summary

This is a cross-sectional research. The Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) was applied as theoretical framework to analyze correlation of prevention knowledge, prevention intentions and anxiety, and prevention behavior of COVID-19 and HIV risk feature and behavior and stigma of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), and HIV high-risk groups. Purposive and snowball sampling will be applied to recruit participant who visit hospital, HIV/AIDS related institutions, and social media platforms. The investigators expect that the outcome could reveal the relationship of cognition and attitude of COVID-19 to HIV prevention and treatment.

Detailed Description

The prevention strategies can effectively block the spread of Coronavirus disease (Coronavirus disease 19; COVID-19), and at the same time may indirectly reduce or increase the risk behaviors and factors of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted comorbidities. The main purpose of this research is to apply the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) as the framework to analyze COVID-19 prevention knowledge, COVID-19 prevention intentions and anxiety level, and COVID-19 prevention behavior and HIV risk behavior and risk factors of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and HIV high-risk groups. The cross-sectional research method was adopted, and the subjects included the northern, central, southern, and eastern regions of Taiwan.About 1100 PLWHA and 1100 high-risk groups will be recruited. The information of recruitment will be disseminated through the AIDS designated medical institutions and related institutions, and social media, Snowball recruitment of interviewees will also be used. After completing the online questionnaire, the structural equation modeling (SEM) will be applied to test the good of fit of the theory model and to explain the structural relationship between COVID-19 prevention knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and HIV risk factors. The relationship with the above variables and stigma also been discussed. In addition to verifying the theories proposition of PMT, the research results also contribute to the prevention and treatment of HIV high-risk groups, and provide important references for prevention strategies for susceptible groups during the epidemic of emerging infectious diseases in the future.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-01-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-11
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-12
• Study Start: 2022-01-13
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-20
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-24
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-30
• Study Completion: 2023-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2200

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
COVID-19 prevention knowledge	Through study completion, an average of one and half year	The questionnaire of COVID-19 prevention knowledge will be used to measure the knowledge level.
COVID-19 prevention intention and anxiety	Through study completion, an average of one and half year	The questionnaire of COVID-19 prevention intention and anxiety will be used to measure the attitude level.
COVID-19 prevention behavior	Through study completion, an average of one and half year	The questionnaire of COVID-19 prevention behavior will be used to measure the behavior level.
HIV risk factor and behavior	Through study completion, an average of one and half year	The questionnaire of HIV risk factor and behavior will be used to measure the risk condition during COVID-19 era.
Stigma	Through study completion, an average of one and half year	The questionnaire of stigma will be used to measure the stigma level of HIV infected people.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

School of Nursing of National Taiwan University; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan