A Strengthened Management Intervention for Proactive Follow-up and Enhanced Counseling to Improve Linkage to and Retention in Care among HIV Patients in Uganda

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: HIV/AIDS

• Registration Number: PACTR201611001756166
• Lead Sponsor: CHAI

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4000

Inclusion Criteria

For inclusion into this study, facilities must:
¿Be located in Central Uganda
¿Not be a private clinic
¿Have offered ART to pediatric and adult patients since January 1, 2015 or earlier
¿Have a high volume of ART patients (¿120 patients enrolled per year)
¿Have low retention (35-75%, as estimated with MOH data on total ART patients in 2014 and 2015 in each facility and new ART patients in 2015)
In addition, any implementing partners at facilities must be willing to integrate any existing follow-up activities into this intervention. From eligible study sites, sites will be randomly selected for inclusion.

Within study sites, a random sample of patients who tested positive in the appropriate time windows will be included in the assessment of linkage to care and all patients who initiated in the appropriate time windows will be included in the assessment of retention.

Exclusion Criteria

Study sites that are already part of a study that may impact retention will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified