A Pilot Trial of an Individualized Web-Based Condom Use Intervention

A Pilot Randomized Control Trial (RCT) of an Individualized Condom-HIM Web-based Intervention for Condom USe Among HIV+ Gay Males

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01726153

Enrollment

Registered

2012-11-14

Start date

2012-11-30

Completion date

2014-11-30

Last updated

2020-07-24

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Conditions

HIV

Keywords

Condom Use, HIV+ gay males, Intervention, Tailored, On-line, Internet, Web-based

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an online intervention in increasing condom use among HIV+ gay males.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALCondom-HIM

The tailored on-line Condom-HIM intervention is composed of a single session involving activities to increase individuals self-efficacy and intention to use condoms.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. are HIV-seropositive, 2. Men who are having sex with men, 3. engaging in unprotected anal intercourse with a partner who is serostatus negative or unknown 4. age 18 years and older, 5. ability to read English 6. have access to a computer and internet.

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change from Baseline in participants self-efficacy in condom use at 2-weeks post-intervention	baseline and 2-weeks post intervention	The Self-Efficacy for condom use measure contains a set of items to rate participant's belief that they will be able to use condoms every time they have anal sex in a variety of situations. A four-point response scale, ranging from 'strongly agree' (0) to 'strongly disagree' (4) is used. The psychometric properties of the measure have been examined and have been shown to have good internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.96.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change from Baseline in participants intention to use condoms at 2-weeks post-intervention	Baseline and 2-weeks post intervention	The intention to use condoms measure asks participants their intention to consistently use condoms. The psychometric properties of the measure have been examined and have shown to have good internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.89.

Other

Measure	Time frame
Change from Baseline in participants condom use at 2-weeks post-intervention Condom Use	baseline and 2-weeks post intervention

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 10, 2026