Understanding Medication Adherence Among HIV Patients

National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patient Commitment Preferences for Medication Adherence

Treatments: Other: Survey to Understand Medication Adherence among HIV Patients

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01305590

P01AG005842 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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Details and patient eligibility

About

In anticipation of a pilot study incorporating behavioral economics into the treatment of infectious diseases, we will conduct a survey with HIV/AIDS patients at the Ponce Clinic (Infectious Disease Program of Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA).

Full description

We are planning a study to improve health outcomes among patients with HIV/AIDS using insights from behavioral economics and financial incentives. We will conduct a survey with HIV/AIDS patients at Ponce Clinic (Infectious Disease Program of Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA). The patients will be low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and possessing varying degrees of medication adherence. We want to better understand how this particular population would react to commitment devices designed to increase medication adherence. We will survey participants to see if they would prefer more commitment, in the form of a "Take-Medication-Get-Paid" plan; less commitment, in the form of an "Attend-Clinic-Get-Paid" plan; or if they would prefer to designate their own levels of commitment.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* HIV/AIDS patients currently receiving treatment at the Ponce Clinic at the Infectious Disease Program of Grady Memorial Hospital (Emory University School of Medicine).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 1 patient group

Survey

Other group

Description:

We will survey participants to see if they would prefer more commitment, in the form of a "Take-Medication-Get-Paid" plan; less commitment, in the form of an "Attend-Clinic-Get-Paid" plan; or if they would prefer to designate their own levels of commitment.

Treatment:

Other: Survey to Understand Medication Adherence among HIV Patients