Video Tool to Promote Knowledge of Syphilis as Facilitator of HIV Transmission

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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During the winter of 2007, the Syphilis Advisory Group and Bureau of STD Control of the NYC Department of Health funded the Emergency Department of Jacobi Medical Center to further evaluate the effectiveness of the Syphilis and Men video in additional settings where men access STD related information and testing and where high-risk groups, such as MSM, frequent. The video was evaluated for promoting knowledge of syphilis, especially as facilitator of HIV transmission, and in encouraging concurrent testing (syphilis and HIV) among men recruited from a community-based organization, an ambulatory care setting, and a dance club.

Detailed Description
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The Solomon-four group design was applied to assess the effectiveness of the video in raising syphilis knowledge among participants, while controlling for the influence of the pre-test knowledge survey in skewing post-knowledge survey scores. Participants in Group 1 received a pre-test survey, the video intervention, and the post-test survey; Group 2 received the pre-test and post-test surveys; Group 3 received the video intervention and post-test survey; and Group 4 received the post-test survey only. A computer-generated randomization list was used to assign participants to one of the four groups.

Official Title
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Video Tool to Promote Knowledge of Syphilis as Facilitator of HIV Transmission

Conditions
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Syphilis

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: educational video


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: must speak english or spanish Exclusion Criteria: excluded if hearing or visually impaired
Sexes Eligible for Study
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Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: 1<br>pre survey, intervention, post test survey | Other: educational video<br>* educational video<br>|
| No Intervention: 2<br>pre test survey and post test survey | |
| Experimental: 3<br>video intervention and post test survey | Other: educational video<br>* educational video<br>|
| No Intervention: 4<br>post test survey | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The primary outcome was the score on a 10-question measure designed to assess knowledge attained from the syphilis educational video |  | 20 minutes | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A secondary outcome was the decision to be tested for syphilis and HIV |  | 20 minutes | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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syphilis, video education, knowledge, black, hispanic