Experiential HIV Testing Increasing Testing Related Knowledge and Practice, and Reduce Stigma Toward HIV of Nurses.

National Taiwan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: HIV Testing; Hiv

Treatments: Other: Experiential HIV Testing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05615935

202209065RINA

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized controlled trial design. The investigators plan to recruit about 60 to 70 emergency department nurses from a medical center in Taipei, Taiwan. After completing the paper consent form, these nurses will be randomly assigned to 2 groups, which are a control group and an experimental group. The pre-test includes the demographic data sheet, HIV testing related knowledge and practice scale, and The Health Care Provider HIV/ AIDS Stigma Scale (HPASS). All nurses will receive a learning material when they finish the pre-test. In addition, the experimental group will be provided a real HIV testing and counselling by a researcher. The post-test will be finished one month later of pre-test in the control group, and one month later while the intervention completed in the experimental group. The semi-structural interview will be performed to the experimental group to collect and analyze their opinion toward the experiential HIV testing.

Full description

This project aims to develop an intervention of "experiential HIV testing" and to verify the following effects on emergency nurses: (1) Improve HIV testing related knowledge and practice; (2) Reduce HIV-related stigma; (3) Find out the possible demographic factors that might affect the effectiveness of experiential HIV Testing. During the intervention, nurses can directly participate in the whole process of anonymous HIV testing in the role of who need to be screened, and pre- and post-testing counselling accompanied the education and discussion will also be provided to them by a researcher. Through the above-mentioned measures, the knowledge and practices related to the HIV testing could be improved, and the stigma attitude toward HIV could be reduced through the self-reflection on the testing process.

Enrollment: 74 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

- have registered nurse license and do clinical care in emergency department

Exclusion criteria

• have registered nurse license but doesn't do clinical care, likes head nurse.
• do clinical care in emergency department but doesn't have registered nurse license, like volunteers or assistant nurse.
• have experienced non-occupational HIV testing.
• had been a nurse in HIV/AIDS-focus ward or HIV/AIDS case manager.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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74 participants in 2 patient groups

Get a learning material and a experiential HIV Testing

Experimental group

Description:

These participants in the experimental group will be provided a learning material about HIV testing, then an experiential HIV Testing, which includes HIV testing and counselling, education and discussion, and a post-test interviews will be provided.

Treatment:

Other: Experiential HIV Testing

Get a learning material only

No Intervention group

Description:

These participants in the control group will be provided a learning material about HIV testing only. After the post-test, the experiential HIV Testing will be provided to them.