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TI A randomized trial of an education and support program for HIV-infected
individuals.
DT 9605
AU Cleary PD; Van Devanter N; Steilen M; Stuart A; Shipton-Levy R; McMullen
W; Rogers TF; Singer E; Avorn J; Pindyck J; Department of Health Care
Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston,; Massachusetts 02115, USA.
SO AIDS. 1995 Nov;9(11):1271-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96126182
AB OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of an intervention for providing
information and support to HIV-positive donors on changes in their
sexual behavior, and to assess which donor characteristics are
predictive of behavior change. DESIGN: Subjects were randomly assigned
to a structured intervention or community referral group. Follow-up
assessments were conducted every 6 months. SETTING: New York City, New
York, USA. PARTICIPANTS: A cohort of 271 HIV-infected persons who
donated blood to the New York Blood Center. INTERVENTION: Donors
randomized to the structured intervention program met individually with
a nurse for counseling and were offered a six-session support group. The
program was designed to provide information, encourage safer sexual
behavior and provide support. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Sexual behavior,
psychological distress and psychological help seeking, and immune
function. RESULTS: In both groups there was a large decrease over time
in reports of unsafe sexual activity. However, more than 30% of
participants in both groups reported unsafe sexual activity at the
1-year follow-up visit. Donors randomized to the structured intervention
program did not report significantly more behavior change at the 1-year
follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Better programs to promote behavior change in
seropositive individuals are needed.
DE Adult Cohort Studies Female Human HIV Infections/*PSYCHOLOGY Male
Middle Age New York *Patient Education Sex Behavior Support,
Non-U.S. Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. CLINICAL TRIAL JOURNAL
ARTICLE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).