Status:

COMPLETED

The Efficacy of the HIV/AIDS Symptom Management Manual

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, San Francisco

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Utah

Massachusetts General Hospital

Conditions:

HIV

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The goals of this research are: 1) To test the efficacy of a self-care symptom management manual by examining whether people who use the manual find it to be useful; 2) To examine symptom and demograp...

Detailed Description

People living with HIV/AIDS encounter many psychological, physiological, and cognitive symptoms, such as pain, diarrhea, fever, fatigue, depression, and confusion. These symptoms have been found to re...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosed HIV/AIDS
  • Adult (men and women, transgender)
  • Presence of at least one symptom within the past week
  • Consent
  • May or may not be pregnant
  • May or may not be on ART
  • Able to use the manual with or without family support

Exclusion

  • Documented diagnosis of dementia
  • Unable to understand consent procedure as judged by the person getting consent
  • Self-reporting no symptoms within the past week
  • Self-reports having had experience with a self-care Symptom Management Manual

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

775 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00241202

Start Date

October 1 2005

End Date

December 1 2006

Last Update

January 17 2008

Active Locations (11)

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1

San Francisco Veteran's Affairs Medical Center

San Francisco, California, United States, 94121

2

PositiveHealth Practice

San Francisco, California, United States, 94143-0378

3

Jackson Park Hospital

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60649

4

Boston Living Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02116