A Small-group Intervention to Reduce HIV Sexual Transmission Risk Behavior Among HIV-positive Men Who Have Sex With Men (GPS)

Toronto Metropolitan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Risk Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: GPS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02546271

CIHR 194226

Details and patient eligibility

About

Gay Poz Sex (GPS) is an HIV prevention and sexual health promotion program for HIV-positive gay and bisexual men, which takes place in a group counselling format. All participants provided written informed consent at the outset of the study. Eligible participants filled out a 1-hour computer-assisted self-interview questionnaire. Subsequently, participants attended seven 2-hour group sessions, led by 2 peer facilitators, who were HIV-positive gay men, in groups of 5-8 men. Immediately and 3 months following the completion of the GPS program, participants were scheduled to attend a 1-hour session to complete the same questionnaire package. Participants received an honorarium and a list of community resources, including mental health or substance use counseling services, at the end of each assessment. Participants also participated in a program evaluation interview at the 3-month follow-up assessment.

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

In order to be eligible to participate in the study, participants had to:

1. identify as male,
2. report engaging in condomless anal sex with another male during the past 3 months,
3. self-report an HIV-positive status,
4. be over the age of 18 years old, and
5. be able to speak and read in English.

Exclusion criteria

• Self-reported female gender,
• no condomless anal sex with another male during past 3 months,
• HIV-negative

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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82 participants in 1 patient group

Treatment Group

Experimental group

Description:

GPS program - an 8-week, peer-led group counselling program using motivational interviewing techniques.

Treatment:

Behavioral: GPS