Engagement in primary care for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is a significant public health concern because reduced commitment to care puts PLWHA at risk for illness progression, death, and transmission of HIV to others. This project will develop a novel treatment, brief acceptance-based behavior therapy (ABBT), to promote self-acceptance of HIV status as a pathway to reducing engagement barriers. The clinical and public health impact of this project will be the development of a simple, low-cost, disseminable intervention that enhances longitudinal commitment to care so PLWHA can obtain effective medical treatments that will prolong survival and improve quality of life. We hypothesize that individuals randomized to brief ABBT will showed increased longitudinal attendance of primary care appointments.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
43
Butler Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Frequency of attended primary care medical appointments
The number of primary care medical appointments a participant attends over the course of 9 months.
Time frame: 9 months
Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-2
A modified version of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-2 (AAQ-2) will be used to quantify the degree to which participants accept their HIV diagnosis and related stresses.
Time frame: 9 months
HIV Disclosure Scale
The HIV Disclosure Scale will be used to quantify how willing participants are to disclose their HIV status to others.
Time frame: 9 months
Berger HIV Stigma Scale
The Berger HIV Stigma Scale will used to measure the degree to which participants experience HIV-related stigma.
Time frame: 9 months
Disclosure to others
The number of individuals to whom the participant discloses his/her HIV status to.
Time frame: 9 months
Social Support Questionnaire
The Social Support Questionnaire will be used to measure participants' perceived social support.
Time frame: 9 months
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