Supportive Therapy for Adherence to ART(STAART)

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Status

Completed

Conditions

HIV Infections

Treatments

Behavioral: Supportive Therapy for Adherence to ART (behavior)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT00212940

1999565-01H

CIHR app# 1262000 ICE:

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a psycho-educational intervention can help people living with HIV handle the changes of treatment adherence.

Full description

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two study groups:

Group 1: participants in this group will engage in weekly psycho-educational sessions with an HIV therapist for four weeks prior to starting their regimens. The sessions will cover topics such as becoming active in treatment care, improving coping abilities and developing skills for treatment adherence. They will also involve questionnaires and readings.
Group 2 (the control group):participants in this group will simply receive their regular treatment regimens.

Enrollment

112 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria