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Mobile Technology to Extend Clinic-based Counseling for HIV+s in Uganda
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating In-person counseling session, Live phone call booster session, and 1 other intervention for Alcohol Use, Unspecified and HIV/AIDS. Completed, enrolled 272 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The EXTEND study is a randomized controlled trial to compare the uptake and acceptability, efficacy, and cost of methods of delivery of an alcohol intervention in reducing unhealthy alcohol use and increasing viral suppression among HIV positive persons in Uganda. The study arms are (a) in-person counseling during 2 quarterly clinic visits plus live booster phone calls every three weeks in the interim (b) in-person counseling during 2 quarterly clinic visits plus tech (choice of SMS or IVR) boosters once to twice weekly in the interim; and (c) standard of care (SOC) control (brief unstructured advice, with a wait-listed intervention).
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Brief alcohol reduction counseling is provided by a trained counselor to the study participant at the HIV clinic during two sessions that are 3 months apart.
Brief alcohol reduction counseling booster sessions every 3 weeks delivered via a live phone call from a trained counselor to the study participant given within 3 months and in between two in-person counseling sessions.
Brief alcohol reduction counseling booster sessions once to twice a week delivered via a choice of interactive voice response (IVR) or short message service (SMS) phone technology to the study participant given within 3 months and in between two in-person counseling sessions.