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HIV Patients Illness Perception and Adherence

NCT02276287 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 187

Last updated 2014-10-28

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Summary

Background: the study aimed to explore HIV positive patients' perceptions toward illness and treatment, and their associations with demographic and clinical variables, in particular with adherence.

Methods: the study was conducted at the outpatients clinic of Infectious Disease of a University Hospital in the north of Italy. Patients were asked to fill out the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised. Patient's adherence was measured by: viral load (HIV-RNA copies/ml) and presence at the check up.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Milan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elena Vegni, Professor · University of Milan

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-04-30
Completion
2014-04-30

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