Living Well Project for Persons With AIDS

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

In brief

The overall goal of this project is to implement and test the efficacy of an enhanced comprehensive multidisciplinary early palliative care (EPC) package that includes four motivational interviewing sessions (MI) for persons diagnosed with AIDS. We posit that the innovative EPC will improve quality of life, clinical and psychosocial outcomes and advance care planning in a cost effective manner and could promote engagement and retention in HIV care. If successful, it could serve as a model of early palliative care for persons with AIDS in the US.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01848483

Run by

Emory University

People needed

121

Starts

2014-06-01

Expected to finish

2017-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-12-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of AIDS (using current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria)
• Detectable viral load (>1.6 log or > 40 copies per ml)
• Not currently on ART
• Age ≥18 years
• Able to speak and write English
• Able to give and understand consent
• Willing to participate in study activities.

You may not qualify if…

• Participants who have a Karnofsky score of 30 or less and are impaired in 5 activities of daily living (ADL) from this list: Bathing, dressing, transferring from bed or chair, walking, eating, toilet use, or grooming
• Those not HIV infected
• Minors under 18 years of age
• Unable to read or understand English
• Cognitive impairment
• Actively psychotic
• Severely depressed/suicidal
• Pose a risk of harm to themselves or others

Where it is running

• Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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