Effects of Health Literacy and HCV Knowledge on HCV Treatment Willingness in HIV-coinfected Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Hepatitis C, Hepatitis C, Chronic, HIV/AIDS

In brief

A clinical observational study for patients with HIV co-infected with hepatitis C that investigates the levels of their health literacy, hepatitis C and HIV knowledge. Participants will complete a one-time assessment of these studied domains and categorized in three groups defined by their hepatitis C treatment referral status: not-referred, referred-attended, referred and no-show.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03413696

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

150

Starts

2017-09-08

Expected to finish

2019-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2021-09-05

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Any adult (≥ 18 years) HIV-infected patient attending the UCSD Owen Clinic
• Regardless of ethnic background
• English or Spanish speaking
• With active HCV infection defined as having a detectable HCV viral load with or without a positive HCV antibody

You may not qualify if…

• Neurocognitive impairment precluding participation
• Physical illness precluding participation

Where it is running

• Owen Clinic - University of California, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States

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