Clinical trial NCT01673750: Body Image in Youth With HIV
Official title: Body Image in Youth With HIV
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HIV
Keywords: Adolescents
Body Image
Lead sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2012-08-28
Enrollment: 146
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 16
Maximum age (years): 23
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients with documented HIV infection between the ages of 16 and 24 who are willing and able to consent.

Brief summary: This is an observational study that seeks to gather information about perceptions of body image through the use of a one-time questionnaire completed by participants at the time of study enrollment.

Effective management of Human Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has become possible through the use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment (HAART). As a result of more successful treatment options, HIV/AIDS has transitioned from a terminal illness to one which is treated as a chronic condition. One particular group that has been impacted tremendously by HIV in the United States is the adolescent population. As youth are living longer with HIV/AIDS, clinicians and researchers are beginning to examine ways in which the disease can affect one's physical health, mental health, and other psychosocial factors. Research emerging involving adults with HIV/AIDS has suggested that increased attention to and negative views of one's body image may be found at a higher rate in this group. To our knowledge, very few studies have examined this relationship in adolescents with HIV.

Detailed description: The purpose of this exploratory study is to characterize body image perceptions among youth with perinatally and behaviorally acquired HIV. In a cross-sectional design, adolescents will be asked to complete an ACASI questionnaire that will assess body image, medication adherence, depressive symptoms, medical, and other sociodemographic variables which may relate to adolescents with HIV. Information regarding the adolescents' medical history, medications, and physical functioning also will be abstracted from his or her medical record. Guided by the Intervention Mapping (IM) approach, findings from this study will inform future intervention studies designed to enhance HIV disease management among adolescents.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

To characterize body image perceptions among youth with HIV.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of HIV infection as documented in adolescent's medical record
* Adolescent is aware of his/her HIV diagnosis
* The adolescent/caregiver's primary language in English
* Adolescent is ≥ 16 and \< 24 years old
* Adolescent is willing and able to provide consent per institutional guidelines

Exclusion Criteria:

* Adolescent has documented diagnosis of mental retardation or a significant motor or sensory impairment that would preclude participation in the study survey.
* Adolescent has known acute psychiatric illness, including suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation or active psychosis.
* Adolescent is a pregnant female.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Reported level of normative body image and discrepancy between perceived body image and preferred body image
timeFrame: Once at time of participant enrollment
Secondary outcomes:
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Locations:
city: Memphis
country: United States
facility: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
state: Tennessee
Study officials:
affiliation: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
name: Megan Wilkins, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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