HIV-Related Stigma Intervention for Malaysian Clinicians

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hiv

• Registration Number: NCT05597787
• Lead Sponsor: University of Delaware

Brief Summary

Key populations at risk of HIV (including men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, transgender women, and female sex workers) are more likely to be infected with HIV but less likely than members of the general population to know of their HIV status, receive HIV prevention counseling, or be linked to HIV care services. Clinician stigma towards these groups remains a potent and persistent driver of these HIV disparities in many places of the world. The investigators propose to incorporate evidence-based stigma reduction tools into a popular teletraining platform for clinicians and pilot test the resulting intervention (Project ECHO® for HIV Prevention and Stigma Reduction) with clinicians in Malaysia, a context wherein clinician stigma and HIV disparities are substantial.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-07-25
• Study Start: 2022-07-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-24
• Study First Posted: 2022-10-28
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-31
• Study Completion: 2023-05-11
• Status Verified: 2024-01
• Results First Submitted: 2024-10-09
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-11-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-15
• Results First Posted: 2024-12-11
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 78

Inclusion Criteria

• practicing general practitioner or family medicine specialist in Malaysia

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability of Intervention	Month 9 Assessment	Measured with Acceptability of Intervention Measure. Theoretical or possible range of scores is 1-5, and actual range was 3.50-5. Higher scores indicate greater acceptability.
Feasibility of Intervention	Month 9 Assessment	Measured with Feasibility of Intervention Measure. Theoretical or possible range of scores is 1-5, and actual range was 3.25-5. Higher scores indicate greater feasibility.
Stigma Reduction: Prejudice	Month 9 Assessment	Measured with Feelings Thermometers. Positive/Negative affect is measured on 0-100 point scale, with higher scores indicating more prejudice.
Stigma Reduction: Stereotypes	Month 9 Assessment	Measured with subscale of Multidimensional HIV-Related Stigma Scale. Theoretical or possible range of scores is 1-5, and actual range was 1-3.44. Higher scores indicate greater stereotypes.
Stigma Reduction: Discrimination	Month 9 Assessment	Measured with subscale of Multidimensional HIV-Related Stigma Scale. Theoretical or possible range of scores is 1-5, and actual range was 1-5. Higher scores indicate greater discrimination.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
HIV Prevention Procedures: PrEP Prescriptions	Cumulative over 9 month intervention	Measured with weekly diary of PrEP prescriptions. Number of PrEP prescriptions will be summed over duration of intervention.
HIV Prevention Procedures: HIV Testing	Cumulative over 9 month intervention	Measured with weekly diary of HIV tests performed. Number of HIV tests will be summed over duration of intervention.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Malaya; 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia