The Positive Outlook Study: a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of an online self management program for men living with HIV

A randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of 'Positive Outlook', an online self management program for men living with HIV on improving health related outcomes as measured by the heiQ compared to usual care control.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12612000642886

Enrollment

120

Registered

2012-06-18

Start date

2012-12-03

Completion date

2013-06-03

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study is aimed at evaluating the efficacy of an online self management program for men living with HIV in Australia. Positive outlook is a 7 week online group self management program for men living with HIV. Participants will be asked to log onto the program for approximately 90minutes per week and complete modules, activities and contribute to various discussion boards. The program focuses on the management of physical, social and emotional aspects of living with HIV. Positive Outlook provides participants the opportunity to develop skills for the management of HIV within their daily lives. The group model allows participants to share experiences and to learn from each other. Particular attention is payed to disclosure of HIV and the management of HIV within intimate relationships. We hypothesise that intervention group participants will demonstrate improvements in self efficacy, outcomes of health education, adjustment to HIV, depression anxiety and stress, quality of life and social support compared to control participants at follow up and 12 week follow up.

Interventions

Positive Outlook is a 7 week group self management program for men living with HIV. The program is delivered via a website. Participants will be required to log on to the program for at least 90minutes per week and complete relevant modules, activities and contribute to discussion boards. The intervention is guided by the theoretical framework of self management theory and self efficacy theory.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

HIV positive (self report) Over 18 years old Male Self identifies as gay or MSM (men who have sex with men) Ability to independently access a computer and use the internet for at least 90minutes per week for 7 weeks Ability to read, write and understand English

Exclusion criteria

Nil

Outcome results