Sexual Needs of Adolescents Living With HIV Since Childhood

Completed

• Conditions: Hiv; Perinatal HIV Infection
• Interventions: Other: Interview

• Registration Number: NCT05206123
• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Brief Summary

To improve the knowdelge about the sexual health needs of perinatally HIV-infected adolescents living in France.

Detailed Description

20 individual semi-structured interviews will be conducted with 20 young adults living with HIV sinc childhood and living in France. The aim of this study is to identify their sexual needs through exploring their personal experience of sexuality during their adolescence. The investigator intend to explore communication about the disease and sexuality within their families ; communication about sexual health with health care professionnals ; whether sexuality has arrose difficulties related to their chronic condition such as rejection or sadness ; whether there are differences in sexual needs regarding gender. A thematic analysis will be conducted by three researchers.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-24
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-25
• Study Start: 2022-03-17
• Primary Completion: 2022-09-07
• Study Completion: 2022-09-07
• Status Verified: 2023-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-07-07
• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

• Age between 18 and 25 yo
• HIV-1 or HIV-2 diagnosis before the age of 13
• non opposition to participate to the study
• be affiliated to a social security scheme (except Aide Médicale de l'Etat (AME))

Exclusion Criteria

• having contracted HIV infection through sexual contact
• persons under guardianship or custodianship, or deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision
• associated illnesses or disabilities that makes participation impossible

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Adolescents with perinatal acquired HIV infection	Interview	group of Adolescents with perinatal acquired HIV infection

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Qualitative analysis	through study completion, an average of 1 year	emerging themes describing the experience of their sexual health needs from the content analysis of the transcribed interviews

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Maison de Solenn; 🇫🇷 Paris, France