Knowledge Attitudes Beliefs and Practices Relative to HIV Among Sex Workers in French Guiana

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02903563

Acronym

CAPProstit

Enrollment

256

Registered

2016-09-16

Start date

2009-01-31

Completion date

2010-12-31

Last updated

2016-09-16

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Conditions

HIV

Brief summary

The aim was to determine the knowledge attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding HIV in a population of sex workers in French Guiana and in the Brazilian border town of Oiapoque. A standardized questionnaire was administered face to face to sex workers. Analysis of the questionnaires led to descriptive statistics. Multiple logistic regression models were computed to determine the predictors of condom use.

Interventions

OTHERobservational

Study design

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* sex worker

Exclusion criteria

* not wishing to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
knowledge attitudes practices regarding HIV and sexually transmitted diseases	when the interview was conducted	a structured questionnaire was used. it was administered face to face with usually 5 possible responses. Scores were established using similar questions exploring related areas of HIV.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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