Improving Provider Counseling Interventions in HIV Practice

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: HIV Infections
• Interventions: Behavioral: Stage based counseling

• Registration Number: NCT00538993
• Lead Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University

Brief Summary

Hypothesis: HIV clinicians trained to deliver brief counseling messages and receiving cues from a brief computer survey on risk behaviors of their patients can counsel have an impact on patient's risk behaviors.

Detailed Description

This is a randomized controlled study. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of the cue sheet as an aid to targeted provider behavioral counseling. All enrolled participants are HIV+ adults seen for regular medical care at a site affiliated with the Johns Hopkins AIDS Service. After consenting, participants will take an audio-assisted computer interviews to collect patient risk assessment data. For participants randomized to the intervention arm, the printed output on risk behaviors is then given to the provider along with cues for staged-based counseling for use during the same visit. Participants in the control arm take the same computerized risk assessment but there are no printed cue sheets. Risk behaviors of all participants are assessed at entry, at 6 months, and at 12 months. The main outcome measure is change in HIV transmission behaviors at 12 months for those in the intervention arm compared to the control arm.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2003-09
• Primary Completion: 2006-12
• Study Completion: 2006-12
• Study First Submitted: 2007-10-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-10-01
• Study First Posted: 2007-10-03
• Status Verified: 2018-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-10-17
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 470

Inclusion Criteria

• HIV seropositive
• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria

• Cannot give informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	Stage based counseling	Provider receives cue sheet to assist with counseling.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners; unprotected sexual encounters.	12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States