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Nutrition Education Intervention for PLHIV

NCT06595225 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 63

Last updated 2024-09-19

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Summary

The study tested two hypotheses, which are mentioned below:

Hypotheses: The project will test 5 hypotheses related to the various aspects of the study.

H1: implementing a nutrition education intervention will significantly improve the patient's nutritional knowledge, dietary practices, and attitudes (KAP) post-6 months of intervention.

H2: implementing a nutrition education intervention will significantly improve the patients' food intake of immune-boosting foods, physical activity levels, anthropometric measurements, nutrition-related biochemical biomarkers, and mental health status, post the intervention period.

Note: H2 is a complex hypothesis consisting of 5 sub-hypotheses corresponding to the five mentioned measurements (food intake of immune-boosting foods, physical activity levels, anthropometric measurements, nutrition-related biochemical biomarkers, and mental health status). Each of these sub-hypotheses will be statistically tested.

Conditions

  • Hiv
  • Nutritional Deficiency

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nutrition education sessions

Participants received nutrition education each month, covering topics ranging from general nutrition knowledge, nutrition knowledge related to their diagnosis of living with HIV infection whether during the acute or chronic phase. In addition, specific information was shared about other comorbidities the participant could be living with, finally information was shared on ways to improve mental health and enhance physical activity levels.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United Arab Emirates University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-28
Primary Completion
2024-04-30
Completion
2024-04-30

Countries

  • United Arab Emirates

Study Locations

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Diseases

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