The Role of Diet Education and Nutritional Counselling in the Ongoing Care of People Living With HIV in Thailand

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: HIV Infections
• Interventions: Behavioral: Nutrition Counselling

• Registration Number: NCT00549367
• Lead Sponsor: Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre

Brief Summary

To evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education and dietary counselling to improve the nutritional status, well-being and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) attending an HIV treatment facility in Bangkok Thailand.

Detailed Description

To evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education and dietary counselling to improve the nutritional status, well-being and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) attending an HIV treatment facility in Bangkok Thailand. This will be achieved by determining if dietary counselling and nutrition education has an effect on nutritional status (weight, lean body mass and fat mass), dietary intake, food security, quality of life, biochemical parameters (including total cholesterol, LDL/ HDL cholesterol and Triglyceride), experience of symptoms and patient satisfaction

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2007-10-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-10-24
• Study First Posted: 2007-10-25
• Study Start: 2007-11
• Status Verified: 2021-07
• Primary Completion: 2022-12
• Study Completion: 2023-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-15
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 153

Inclusion Criteria

• HIV positive
• 18 years of age or older
• Receiving ongoing care as part of the TRCARC Family Clinic (TRCARC Wellness Plus clinic)
• Either ART naive or have been on stable ART for more than 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

• HIV negative
• Unintentional weight loss of more than 10% usual body weight, or BMI<17
• BMI>30
• Suspected or documented HIV related opportunistic infection
• Pregnant women
• Women less than 3 months post-partum

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	Nutrition Counselling	Clients in the control arm of the study will receive nutrition assessment only for the first 24 weeks and the be transferred to nutrition counselling group

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
body composition measured by BIA and anthropometry	48 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in dietary intake, food security, quality of life, biochemical parameters (including total cholesterol, LDL/ HDL cholesterol and Triglyceride), experience of symptoms and patient satisfaction	48 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre; 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Pathumwan, Thailand