PTSD and Risk Behavior in HIV Positive Female Adolescents

Completed

Conditions studied: PTSD, Sexual Abuse, HIV Infections

In brief

This is a qualitative study using a purposive sampling methodology to interview HIV-positive female adolescents who have experienced physical and/or sexual abuse. An open-ended, in-depth interview, occurring over one to two sessions, will be conducted with each participant.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00271882

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

40

Starts

2006-03-01

Expected to finish

2006-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 24. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 through 24 years old, inclusive, at the time of administration of the Screening Questionnaire.
• Female birth gender
• Verbal confirmation of acquisition of behaviorally-acquired HIV infection including from injection drug use (IDU) or heterosexual intercourse (vaginal, oral and/or anal) after the age of 9 years
• HIV-1 infection as documented by a positive result on any of the following licensed tests at any time: any antibody test confirmed by Western blot, HIV culture, plasma HIV-1 RNA PCR > 1,000 copies/mL or a HIV DNA PCR
• History of physical and/or sexual abuse prior to age 18 years old documented by a Screening Questionnaire
• Voluntary vaginal and/or anal intercourse with a male within the 4 months prior to screening.
• Ability to understand and communicate in spoken English sufficient to provide informed consent and to be interviewed
• Availability of enrollment slots for the participant's assigned substance-use category at the time of the Screening Questionnaire. (Approximately half of the participants will report substance use) This will be monitored throughout the study enrollment period.
• Willingness to have the qualitative study interview audio-taped
• Willingness and ability to provide informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Currently suicidal or homicidal by clinician judgment
• Visibly distraught and/or visibly emotionally unstable (e.g., depressive mood, exhibiting manic, suicidal, or violent behavior);
• Visibly intoxicated or under the influence of psychoactive agents; or
• Presents as acutely ill.

Where it is running

• University of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States
• Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
• The Children's Hosp. of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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