Exploring the effectiveness of a Medication Adherence App in improving Retention and Medication Adherence in newly diagnosed adolescents living with HIV in Benue state
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
- Registration Number
- PACTR202212522449333
- Lead Sponsor
- Desmond Tutu Foundation UNiversity of Cape town
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Adolescents, ages 10 to 19 years inclusive.
The patients must own and be able to operate an Android phone.
The patients must either be treatment naïve (within 90 days of treatment start) or with poor adherence to ART (as noted by raised viral load or one or more missed pharmacy refill collections in the past 12 months as assessed by the healthcare workers).
Adolescents must be able to give written informed consent (for adolescents <18 years, this will include adult parent/guardian written informed consent and written assent from the minor).
Exclusion Criteria
The patients do not have the cognitive ability to give consent.
Patients who are very sick.
Patients who did not give consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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