The Role of Diet Education and Nutritional Counselling in the Ongoing Care of People Living With HIV in Thailand

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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To evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education and dietary counselling to improve the nutritional status, well-being and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) attending an HIV treatment facility in Bangkok Thailand.

Detailed Description
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To evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education and dietary counselling to improve the nutritional status, well-being and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) attending an HIV treatment facility in Bangkok Thailand. This will be achieved by determining if dietary counselling and nutrition education has an effect on nutritional status (weight, lean body mass and fat mass), dietary intake, food security, quality of life, biochemical parameters (including total cholesterol, LDL/ HDL cholesterol and Triglyceride), experience of symptoms and patient satisfaction

Official Title
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The Role of Diet Education and Nutritional Counselling in the Ongoing Care of People Living With HIV in Thailand (TACH001)

Conditions
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HIV Infections

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Nutrition Counselling


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: HIV positive 18 years of age or older Receiving ongoing care as part of the TRCARC Family Clinic (TRCARC Wellness Plus clinic) Either ART naive or have been on stable ART for more than 6 months Exclusion Criteria: HIV negative Unintentional weight loss of more than 10% usual body weight, or BMI<17 BMI>30 Suspected or documented HIV related opportunistic infection Pregnant women Women less than 3 months post-partum

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 70 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: 1<br>Clients in the control arm of the study will receive nutrition assessment only for the first 24 weeks and the be transferred to nutrition counselling group | Behavioral: Nutrition Counselling<br>* Clients will receive ongoing nutrition assessment and dietary counselling. The intervention arm will receive all baseline assessments and individual nutritional assessment, counselling and nutrition management plans using standards of practice<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| body composition measured by BIA and anthropometry |  | 48 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in dietary intake, food security, quality of life, biochemical parameters (including total cholesterol, LDL/ HDL cholesterol and Triglyceride), experience of symptoms and patient satisfaction |  | 48 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Nutritional status, Nutrition counselling, Nutrition assessment, HIV, Alternative Medicine, Complementary Medicine