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How to improve nursing support for those struggling to manage their health while living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A study based on care theories

Validation of the nursing diagnosis Ineffective Health Self-Management for the care of people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in light of a middle-range theory

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-94p64cm
Enrollment
80
Registered
2026-02-07
Start date
2026-02-10
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Nursing Theory

Interventions

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s level), a Middle-Range Theory (MRT) was developed for the Nursing Diagnosis &quot
Ineffective Health Self-Management&quot
in People Living with HIV (PLWH). The purpose of the current study is to perform the clinical validation of the developed MRT. In this sense, the RCT was adopted as the clinical validation method to c

Sponsors

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Lead Sponsor
Hospital Giselda Trigueiro
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: or conceptual validation nurses or nursing undergraduates with clinical theoretical or research experience with people living with the human immunodeficiency virus and or clinical theoretical or research experience with nursing diagnoses of the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International will be elected. For clinical validation with nurses all nurses from the Giselda Trigueiro Hospital who voluntarily agree to participate in the research and have an active employment bond with the Giselda Trigueiro Hospital will be included. For clinical validation with patients those who are eighteen years of age or older at the time of collection have a positive diagnosis for human immunodeficiency virus and are hospitalized during the data collection period will be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: For conceptual validation individuals who do not respond to the research in a timely manner will be excluded. For clinical validation those nursing professionals who are on vacation or are away from professional practice during data collection as well as those who have less than one year of professional experience with People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus will be excluded from the research. For exclusion in the patient group patients diagnosed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and neoplasia neurological comorbidity or similar condition that may affect the result of the collection due to cognitive and speech disability will be adopted patients hospitalized in isolation will also be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The change in treatment adherence behavior, as it is the focus of the nursing intervention guided by the Middle-Range Theory

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Better clinical, immunological, and quality of life outcomes that are expected to be influenced by improved adherence

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactRebecca Stefany Santos

Rebecca Stefany da Costa Santos

enf.rebecca@outlook.com+5584998024099

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026