HIV, Abuse, and Psychiatric Disorders Among Youth (Project STAR)

Lifespan

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: HIV Infections

Treatments: Behavioral: group intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00603369

R01MH061149 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

One subgroup of adolescents at particular risk for HIV is those with psychiatric disorders. Furthermore, those with histories of sexual abuse have been found to have riskier attitudes, poorer sexual communication skills, and less consistent condom use than non-abused peers. This study implemented and evaluated interventions for adolescents in intensive psychiatric treatment settings, particularly those with histories of sexual abuse. It is hypothesized that those participating in the intervention that addresses affect management and cognitive monitoring strategies will show fewer HIV-risk related behaviors and attitudes at posttest than peers in an information-based intervention.

Enrollment: 212 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adolescent attending therapeutic school

Exclusion criteria

• Adolescent is HIV positive
• Adolescent is developmentally delayed
• Adolescent is pregnant
• Adolescent has a history of sexual crime

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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212 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

13 session group intervention including sexual health information, affect management skills, cognitive monitoring, and communication skills training.

Treatment:

Behavioral: group intervention

Behavioral: group intervention

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

2 session group intervention including sexual health information training.

Treatment:

Behavioral: group intervention

Behavioral: group intervention