Development of a Life Skills Intervention for Young Adolescents Perinatally-Infected With HIV and Their Caregivers

Stopped early

Conditions studied: HIV Infection

In brief

During this phase of the study, a focus group will be conducted with young adolescents perinatally infected with HIV and with their caregivers to develop and evaluate the content of the proposed intervention. The purpose of the focus groups is to identify key issues and challenges that often face young adolescents perinatally infected with HIV and their caregivers as well as to elicit suggestions to enhance the feasibility and acceptability of the proposed intervention. The focus groups will be audio recorded and transcribed and reviewed by all involved in future protocol development. Themes will be pulled directly from the focus groups to guide examples and areas of emphasis in the intervention. In addition, proposed measures will be administered to the adolescents and their caregivers and assessed for appropriateness for this population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00224900

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

10

Starts

2005-09-01

Expected to finish

2006-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-28

Who can join

Age: 11 and older, up to 16. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Clinically-identified HIV-1 infected subjects 11-14 years of age and their caregivers.
• HIV status has been disclosed to the adolescent.
• HIV-1 infection transmission due to perinatal infection as identified by treating physician.
• Caregiver is legal guardian of the adolescent as indicated by the medical team in the clinic from which recruitment will be conducted.
• Adolescent lives with the caregiver.
• Adolescent and caregiver speak English.

You may not qualify if…

• Caregiver permission denied or adolescent does not assent.
• Adolescent previously diagnosed as mentally retarded as reported by caregiver through school and/or other psychological testing.
• Adolescent and/or caregiver too medically fragile. Medically fragile is functionally defined as being physically unable to attend the group.

Where it is running

• Case Western Reserve University — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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