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Health Education for Early Detection of ocular surface squamous neoplasia in Kenya.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Cancer
Registration Number
PACTR202004529189733
Lead Sponsor
Research Governance and Integrity office London School of hygiene and tropical medicine
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
320
Inclusion Criteria

Any HIV care centre (CCC or VCT) that would be in the geographical vicinity of the eye care centres (KNH and Kikuyu hospital) would be included. Adults infected with HIV who receive care from these centres would be invited to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

The HIV care centre that participated in development and validation of the health education tools would be excluded.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Period between participants’ awareness of the conjunctival lesion and examination in an eye clinic (time-to-referral).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
(i)The proportion of HIV care clinic population who present with OSSN lesions. <br>(ii)The size of lesions – estimated by the longest diameter in millimeters at the slit lamp.<br>(iii)The time-to-surgery (between noticing the lesion and having surgical excision).<br>(iv)The proportion of lesions excised that are histologically proven to be OSSN<br>
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