Evaluation of Barriers to Postpartum Care in HIV Infected Women

Completed

• Conditions: HIV Infection; Pregnancy
• Interventions: Other: questionaires and structured interviews

• Registration Number: NCT01853917
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate why the majority of HIV infected women in the Harris County Health District system who are pregnant do not come to clinic for their HIV disease after they have a baby through questionaires administered prepartum and questionaires and structured interviews postpartum. The study will ask subjects questions about HIV, drug use, depression and social problems.

Detailed Description

This study is evaluating information pre and postpartum to assess what are barriers to patients coming into care for HIV after they have a baby. We will try to evaluate recurrent themes in questionaires and interviews to try and identify the barriers to care.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-01
• Study First Submitted: 2012-06-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-10
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-15
• Primary Completion: 2014-02
• Study Completion: 2014-11
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 38

Inclusion Criteria

HIV infected pregnant women who

• HIV-infected women who are pregnant by confirmatory tests or an HIV positive woman who has had a baby within the last 6 months and is coming to care postpartum.
• Women who intend to get care at Harris County Hospital District.
• Subjects must be >18 years old.

Exclusion Criteria

• Women unable to complete questionnaires.
• Women who are unable to speak, read, or understand English or Spanish.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
questionaires and structured interview	questionaires and structured interviews	HIV infected women who are pregnant and receiving care in Harris County Hospital District single arm study Single arm study

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
evaluate results from qualitative interviews	women seen after they have their baby	we will ask and record responses and enter into an NIVIVO program to evaluate for emergent themes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
evaluate results from questionaires	before they have a baby and after they have a baby	we will evaluate responses from questionaires There will be 8 areas that there are questionnaires about. These include basic information about yourself, about stress, about your support system, about your sense of control, about tobacco use, about for alcohol/drug use, about taking your HIV medications, and about depression.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Harris County Hospital District Clinics-Thomas Street Clinic, Northwest Clinic; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States

Harris County Hospital District Clinics-LBJ hospital; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States