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Translation of Basic Research in Cognitive Science to HIV Risk

NCT03175250 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 343

Last updated 2017-06-05

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Summary

A randomized trial was conducted at drug diversion educational programs with a sample of 343 adult drug offenders who volunteered for the study. The trial tested three different interventions on HIV testing and condom use, with a 3 month follow-up. The study translated consistent basic research showing strong effects of memory practice on memory for new material. One of the conditions involved extensive memory practice of action plans involving HIV testing and condom use. Other conditions varied two active control interventions. Results showed that the memory practice condition led to a substantially larger odds of HIV testing than did the two control conditions. Condom use was also significantly more frequent in the memory practice condition than in one of the control conditions but was not significantly different from the second control condition.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health Education

Videos (AIDSvideos.org) were presented on individually-assigned laptops and covered HIV risk, condom use, safe sex, and infection testing

BEHAVIORAL

Action Plan

Participants selected situations for condom use and screening for HIV and hepatitis on individually-assigned laptops. They linked these situations to preventive behaviors regarding screening and condom use.

BEHAVIORAL

Memory Practice

Participants engaged in several different types of memory practice procedures on assigned laptops. The procedures focused on memory for action plans for screening and condom use.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Claremont Graduate University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-15
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-03-31

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