HIV Testing in Non-traditional Settings Study

Summary

Surveillance data suggests that approximately one third of the 82 000 HIV infected adults in the UK remain undiagnosed - that is, they are living with the infection but do not know this. The majority of HIV testing in the UK to date has taken place in sexual health clinics and in antenatal care. Published National guidelines advocate routine HIV testing of 16-65 year olds in more general healthcare settings in parts of the country with relatively high rates of HIV (more than 2 per thousand individuals diagnosed locally). The HINTS Study investigates the utility, feasibility and acceptability, to patients and staff, of offering routine HIV testing in four general medical settings, all set in areas of high HIV prevalence. The settings comprise: Primary Care, Outpatients, an Acute Care Unit and an Emergency Department.

Conditions

• HIV

Interventions

OTHER

Questionnaire

Administration of written questionnaire to assess attitudes towards the introduction of routine HIV testing programmes to that healthcare setting

OTHER

Focus Group Discussion

FGD to explore attitudes within each group towards the introduction of routine HIV screening programmes in each medical setting

OTHER

HIV test (serum or salivary)

An HIV test offered to all 16-65 year olds (not known already to be HIV-positive) accessing the healthcare setting during the twelve week pilot period

OTHER

Semi-structured telephone interview

Telephone interview administered to patients offered an HIV test during the pilot period

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Department of Health, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)

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• Public Health England

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• Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  collaborator OTHER

• King's College Hospital NHS Trust

  collaborator OTHER

• Hammersmith and Fulham Primary Care Trust

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Ann K Sullivan, MBBS FRCP · Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

• Jane Anderson, MBBS FRCP · Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• Melinda Tenant-Flowers, MBBS FRCP MSc · Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Eligibility

Min Age

16 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2009-07-31

Primary Completion

2010-07-31

Completion

2011-12-31

Countries

• United Kingdom

Study Locations