HIV Testing in Non-traditional Settings Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01138878

Acronym

HINTS

Enrollment

6350

Registered

2010-06-08

Start date

2009-07-31

Completion date

2011-12-31

Last updated

2012-04-12

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Conditions

HIV

Keywords

HIV, testing, non traditional settings, acceptability, feasibility

Brief summary

Surveillance data suggests that approximately one third of the 82 000 HIV infected adults in the UK remain undiagnosed - that is, they are living with the infection but do not know this. The majority of HIV testing in the UK to date has taken place in sexual health clinics and in antenatal care. Published National guidelines advocate routine HIV testing of 16-65 year olds in more general healthcare settings in parts of the country with relatively high rates of HIV (more than 2 per thousand individuals diagnosed locally). The HINTS Study investigates the utility, feasibility and acceptability, to patients and staff, of offering routine HIV testing in four general medical settings, all set in areas of high HIV prevalence. The settings comprise: Primary Care, Outpatients, an Acute Care Unit and an Emergency Department.

Interventions

OTHERQuestionnaire

Administration of written questionnaire to assess attitudes towards the introduction of routine HIV testing programmes to that healthcare setting

OTHERFocus Group Discussion

FGD to explore attitudes within each group towards the introduction of routine HIV screening programmes in each medical setting

OTHERHIV test (serum or salivary)

An HIV test offered to all 16-65 year olds (not known already to be HIV-positive) accessing the healthcare setting during the twelve week pilot period

OTHERSemi-structured telephone interview

Telephone interview administered to patients offered an HIV test during the pilot period

Study design

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

(patient study only): * aged 16 - 65 and accessing relevant healthcare setting for care * able to consent to HIV test * able to provide adequate contact details * to complete written questionnaire: adequate written English * to participate in focus group discussion (pre-study group)/participate in semi-structured telephone interview (intra-study group): ability to provide fully informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* known HIV positive * unable to provide adequate contact details * unable to provide consent (to HIV test and/or participation in questionnaire/focus group/semi-structured interview studies)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
(1) Feasibility of delivering opt-out HIV testing in ED/ACU/OPD/Primary Care setting	At end of twelve week testing period at each site

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
(2) Estimate of prevalence of undiagnosed HIV with risk factor/demographic assessment	At end of twelve week testing period

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026