The Efficacy of the HIV/AIDS Symptom Management Manual
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: HIV, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
In brief
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 demographic data related to self-care behaviors, symptom control, medication adherence and enhanced quality of life. The University of California, San Francisco is the coordinating site for this multi-site international study.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00241202
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 775
- Starts
- 2005-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2006-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2008-01-17
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 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
You may not qualify if…
- 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
Where it is running
- San Francisco Veteran's Affairs Medical Center — San Francisco, California, United States
- PositiveHealth Practice — San Francisco, California, United States
- Jackson Park Hospital — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Boston Living Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Valley AIDS Clinic - Harlingen — Harlingen, Texas, United States
- Thomas Street Health Center — Houston, Texas, United States
- University of Utah Health Science Center — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Nazareth Hospital — Nairobi, Kenya
- AIDS Clinical Trials Unit — San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Casita de Salud Integral Ramón Vicente, Universidad del Turabo — Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
- PAH ARV Clinic - Tshwane District Hospital — Pretoria, South Africa
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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