Quality of Life, Sleep, and Biomarkers in People With HIV/AIDS (PLHA)

JULIANY DE SOUZA ARAUJO

Status: Completed

Conditions: Disorder Sleep; Lipodystrophy; HIV/AIDS and Infections

Treatments: Other: Aerobic, resistance and concorrent.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03445351

AFISA

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim: Evaluate the influence of exercise, in different times, on quality of life, sleep and clinical parameters in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). Methods: Intervention study, prospective.

Full description

Aim: Evaluate the influence of exercise, in different times, on quality of life, sleep and clinical parameters in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). Methods: Intervention study, prospective, a cohort with 17 PLHA participants of the exercise program, higher than 18 years, under antiretroviral therapy with CD4+ ≥ 350/mm3. Research Ethical Committee of the institution approved the study and the participants sign the informed consent and informed. All subjects underwent an exercise program in conformity to American College of Sports Medicine, 3 times per week during 40 minutes. Were evaluated the quality of life (QoL) with the Quality of Life - HAT - QoL and the sleep quality (SQ) with the Pittsburg questionnaire. The subjects were evaluated before the start of exercise program and in three times: short-term (2 to 4 months), medium-term (between 5 and 17 months) and long-term (between 18 to 25 months).

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must have age ≥ 18 years old;
• diagnosis of HIV/AIDS;
• use of antiretroviral therapy;
• Must have lymphocyte T CD4+ cell count ≥ 350 cel/mm3
• Must have physical fitness by the assistant physician.

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy;
• severe hearing deficiency.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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17 participants in 1 patient group

Aerobic, resistance and concorrent

Experimental group

Description:

The group underwent exercise program with protocols of resistance training, aerobic training and concurrent training, with frequency of three times per week.

Treatment:

Other: Aerobic, resistance and concorrent.