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Nursing Intervention for HIV Regime Adherence Among People With Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

NCT00264823 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 273

Last updated 2008-10-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to investigate how nurses can best help people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) follow their HIV treatment plans.

Conditions

  • HIV
  • Mental Illness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Use of Memory Aids to take medications

Experimental participants will receive an integrated intervention tailored to the communication and comprehension of the individual, and will include memory aid devices, education regarding side effects and other treatment aspects, and active community outreach. For those who fail to adhere using the basic intervention, a treatment cascade that increases in intensity will be implemented. Using 80% adherence as a target, the cascade will include involvement of family and significant others in prompting participants through use of beepers, cellphones, and for those who still fall short of 80% adherence, directly observed therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Blank, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-06-30
Primary Completion
2008-05-31
Completion
2008-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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