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A Text-Based Adherence Game for Young People Living With HIV in Ghana

NCT03928717 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2024-06-04

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Summary

This study will develop and evaluate a game-based, text message intervention to promote adherence to HIV care among young people living with HIV (YPLH) in Ghana. Intervention development will be guided by feedback from YPLH, their treatment supporters, and clinic staff, consultation with a mobile health services team, and Social Action Theory. Patient participants will be recruited from an urban HIV clinic in Accra, Ghana to complete a randomized pilot of the intervention. All participants will receive a brief adherence counseling session and complete three assessments over the course of 12 months following enrollment. During this time, intervention participants will receive text messages and phone calls from a semi-automated text message system, clinic staff, and other individuals in their life (e.g., family, friends, and partners) who they have identified as supportive of their treatment. The study will provide a wealth of knowledge about YPLH in Ghana, a group vulnerable to poor treatment outcomes, and provide preliminary data on a novel adherence promotion intervention.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Text-Based Adherence Game

A mobile health intervention facilitated by a cloud-hosted web application and designed to promote adherence to HIV care through text message-delivered gamification strategies including peer comparison, point reinforcement, feedback on adherence outcomes, facilitation of social support, and use of an engaging and culturally-relevant story-line.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard of Care (SOC)

A 10- to 20-minute in-person intervention led by a trained HIV treatment adherence counselor focused on providing basic knowledge of HIV and HIV treatment, motivating participants to engage in HIV treatment, and problem-solving barriers to adherence.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nicholas Tarantino, PhD · Rhode Island Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-23
Primary Completion
2023-03-23
Completion
2023-08-31

Countries

  • Ghana

Study Locations

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Diseases

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