A Chatbot to Reduce Chemsex and HIV-related Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 100
- 主要终点
- Presence of chemsex in the past 3 months
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate whether receiving chatbot-delivered stage-of-change-tailored online interventions is effective in reducing chemsex among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong. The main question it aims to answer is:
Does chatbot-delivered stage-of-changed online interventions reduce chemsex among men who have sex with men
Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control group. The control group will watch one online video introducing chemsex-related knowledge and harm reduction skills per week for 12 weeks. On top of the interventions received by the control group, participants in the intervention group will have access to a chatbot during the 12-week intervention period. The chatbot will deliver 12 weekly episodes of interventions tailored to once's current stage-of-change related to chemsex. The chatbot will also address questions related to chemsex during the intervention period.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Hong Kong men aged at least 18 years
- •Able to understand Cantonese
- •Had anal intercourse with at least one man within the past six months
- •Willingness to provide contact information for follow-up
- •Having access to WhatsApp
排除标准
- •Self-reported a diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention group
Chatbot-delivered interventions and online videos
干预措施: Chatbot-delivered online interventions and online videos (Behavioral)
Control group
Online videos only
干预措施: Online videos only (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Presence of chemsex in the past 3 months
时间窗: Baseline, after completion of the 12-week intervention (Month 3 or Week 12), and 3 months after completion of the 12-week intervention (Month 6)
Presence of chemsex will be measured by a validated questionnaire. Chemsex is defined as the use of any of the following psychoactive substances before or during sexual intercourse: ketamine, methamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis, ecstasy, Dormicum/Halcion/Erimin 5/nonprescription hypnotic drugs, heroin, cough suppressant (not for curing cough), amyl nitrite (popper), GHB/GBL, 5-methoxy-N, N-diisopropyltryptamine (Foxy), and mephedrone. Participants will be asked whether they had used any of the aforementioned psychoactive substances before or during sexual intercourse in the past 3 months at baseline, after completion of the 12-week intervention (Month 3 or Week 12), and 3 months after completion of the 12-week intervention (Month 6)
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Zixin Wang
Assistant Professor
Chinese University of Hong Kong