HIV I Infection
Conditions
Keywords
electronic health, adherence
Brief summary
This is a randomized clinical trial across the whole of the patients who attend the HIV Unit of the Hospital Civil Viejo, a sample calculated in 43 patients for each group (intervention and control). Patients who have HIV infection and are starting antiretroviral treatment (ART), who are between 18 and 50 years old and have a mobile device, will be included in the study. The messages will consist of medical appointment reminders and adherence and motivational messages for a period of six months.
Interventions
DEVICEmobile health (mHealth)
A message will be sent on Monday and Friday at 9:00 am for 3 months, the first day they will receive a message focused on adherence and the second day a message focused on motivation. Subsequently, a message will be sent on Mondays for 3 more months. Reminders for appointments with your treating physician will be sent during the entire intervention period (6 months).
Sponsors
Hospital Civil de Guadalajara
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Randomized control trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Recently diagnosed with HIV infection . starting with antiretroviral therapy and haven't taken ART before * Patients with the status of lost to follow up who return to re-initiate ART
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who are participating in other study * patients above 18 years old * Patients who does not have signal phone at their residency * Those who refuses to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| antiretroviral treatment adherence | 6 months | The practice of patients where they take their medications as prescribed. To proceed with the calculation, the following formula should be applied: \[(number of units dispensed - number of units remaining) / (prescribed number of units per day x number of days between the two visits)\] x 100. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| care retention | 6 months | Person living with HIV who enters and remains in comprehensive HIV care by health services, according to their needs. It is recorded at 6 months and 12 months of follow-up, with the patient's compliance with their medical appointments. |
| HIV viral loal | 6 months | Amount of genetic material (RNA) of the virus in blood in the most recent determination.Measure by Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction test reported as copies/ml |
| TCD4+ count in blood | 6 months | Number of CD4 + T lymphocytes in the blood. Measure by flow cytometry and reported as cells/mm3 |
Countries
Mexico
Outcome results
None listed