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Exploring a Digital HIV Onward Disclosure Intervention, in People Living With HIV of Sub-Saharan African Ethnicity.

NCT05804968 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2023-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Research has shown that people living with HIV struggle to disclose their HIV status to others, (a process known as self-disclosure or onward disclosure) due to associated challenges, including fear of discrimination from others. However, there are a range of potentially positive outcomes associated with self-disclosure, such as increased medication adherence, improved wellbeing, and greater social support. Consequently, people living with HIV should be adequately supported, if they wish to disclose.

This study intends to develop and assess a digital HIV disclosure intervention, based on an existing non-digital intervention, for Sub-Saharan African adults, living with HIV and residing in the U.K. Participants will be followed pre, during and post intervention, with various measures being collected throughout, including HIV disclosure behaviour, HIV disclosure intention, HIV disclosure motivation, general wellbeing and mood. Upon follow up, participants will also be asked to complete a questionnaire regarding their personal experiences of this digital intervention. It is hypothesised that this digital HIV self disclosure intervention may lead to increases in HIV disclosure intention, amongst other secondary variables. Statistical and visual analysis will allow outcomes of this intervention to be summarised and will hopefully lead to implications and suggestions for future digital HIV disclosure interventions, supporting those living with HIV to manage the self-disclosure process effectively.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Digital HIV Self Disclosure Intervention

This project will develop a digital HIV disclosure intervention, drawing from the HEADSUP manual (Evangeli et al., 2020), which consists of four modules, including a HIV disclosure planning component. A SCED will be used to explore HIV disclosure intention, amongst other variables throughout baseline, intervention and follow up phases. Participants will further be asked to complete a participant experiences questionnaire to explore how they found the digital intervention and assess acceptability. This project will recruit a diverse sample of Sub-Saharan Africa adults living with HIV and residing in the U.K.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Barts & The London NHS Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • Royal Holloway University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Megan Westhead, MSc · Royal Holloway University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-07-31
Primary Completion
2024-06-30
Completion
2024-06-30

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