Question-Order Effect Experiment to Measure HIV Stigma

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: HIV

Treatments: Other: Survey questionnaire V1; Other: Survey questionnaire V2

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06969690

2013P000395_5

R01MH125667 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Question-order effect experiment to measure HIV-related stigma among people living with HIV (PWH).

Full description

HIV-related stigma is a barrier to engagement in HIV prevention and treatment. Given the negative impact of stigma on the HIV continuum of care, accurate assessment of HIV-related stigma among people living with HIV (PWH) in resource-limited settings is paramount. The purpose of this study is to conduct a question order experiment to assess the extent to which the order of presented questions affects measurement of HIV-related stigma.

Enrollment: 180 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All HIV-positive (self-reported) adults who consider Nyakabare their primary place of residence and who are capable of providing consent

Exclusion criteria

• Minors younger than 18 years of age, with the exception of emancipated minors
• Persons who do not consider Nyakabare Parish their primary place of residence, e.g. persons who happen to be visiting Nyakabare at the time of the survey or who own a home in Nyakabare but spend most of their time outside of the parish
• Persons with psychosis, neurological damage, acute intoxication, or other cognitive impairment (all of which are determined informally in the field by non-clinical research staff in consultation with a supervisor)
• Persons who are not HIV positive

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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180 participants in 2 patient groups

V1

Experimental group

Description:

As this is a survey experiment, the "intervention" involves random assignment to a survey questionnaire with specific treatments. The first treatment is a questionnaire with questions about internalized stigma followed by questions of experienced stigma. Each question is answered as Yes/No/It depends on knowing more details.

Treatment:

Other: Survey questionnaire V1

V2

Experimental group

Description:

As this is a survey experiment, the "intervention" involves random assignment to a survey questionnaire with specific treatments. The second treatment is a questionnaire with questions about experienced stigma followed by questions about internalized stigma. Each question is answered as Yes/No/It depends on knowing more details.

Treatment:

Other: Survey questionnaire V2