Mobile phone based Approach for Health Improvement, Literacy and Adherence for Women with HIV - The MAHILA Trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- HIV positive women on Anti Retroviral Therapy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/01/007666
- Lead Sponsor
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
a)Screens positive for depressive symptoms or psychosocial risk factors
b)18 years of age or greater
c)Speaks English or Kannada
d)HIV+
e)Starting Anti Retroviral Therapy
f)Willing to be contacted by mobile phone,
g)Able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
a)Any condition that, in the opinion of the site investigator, would compromise the candidateââ?¬•s ability to participate.
b)If reporting ideas of self harm or suicide
c)At risk at home if receives study calls on mobile phone
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Adherence to ART treatment on AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) Adherence Questionnaire <br/ ><br>2. Depression measured on Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD) <br/ ><br>3. Quality of life measured with World Health Organisation Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL) <br/ ><br>4. HIV-1 RNA and CD-4Timepoint: Adherence, Depression and Quality of life at baseline and 4,12,24, and 36 weeks after initiating intervention. <br/ ><br>HIV Viral load at baseline and at 24 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Symptom distress using HIV Symptom Index <br/ ><br>2. Illness perception using Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-B) <br/ ><br>3. Internalised Stigma using Stigma ScaleTimepoint: At baseline and 4,12,24, and 36 weeks after initiating intervention