Clinical trial NCT05615935: Experiential HIV Testing Increasing Testing Related Knowledge and Practice, and Reduce Stigma Toward HIV of Nurses.
Official title: The Effects of Experiential HIV Testing to Improve Knowledge and Practice, and Reduce Stigma Toward HIV of Emergency Department Nurses
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Hiv
HIV Testing
Keywords: stigma
knowledge
Education, nursing
situated learning
Lead sponsor: National Taiwan University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-11-14
Enrollment: 74
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This is a randomized controlled trial design. The investigators plan to recruit about 60 to 70 emergency department nurses from a medical center in Taipei, Taiwan. After completing the paper consent form, these nurses will be randomly assigned to 2 groups, which are a control group and an experimental group. The pre-test includes the demographic data sheet, HIV testing related knowledge and practice scale, and The Health Care Provider HIV/ AIDS Stigma Scale (HPASS). All nurses will receive a learning material when they finish the pre-test. In addition, the experimental group will be provided a real HIV testing and counselling by a researcher. The post-test will be finished one month later of pre-test in the control group, and one month later while the intervention completed in the experimental group. The semi-structural interview will be performed to the experimental group to collect and analyze their opinion toward the experiential HIV testing.

Detailed description: This project aims to develop an intervention of "experiential HIV testing" and to verify the following effects on emergency nurses: (1) Improve HIV testing related knowledge and practice; (2) Reduce HIV-related stigma; (3) Find out the possible demographic factors that might affect the effectiveness of experiential HIV Testing. During the intervention, nurses can directly participate in the whole process of anonymous HIV testing in the role of who need to be screened, and pre- and post-testing counselling accompanied the education and discussion will also be provided to them by a researcher. Through the above-mentioned measures, the knowledge and practices related to the HIV testing could be improved, and the stigma attitude toward HIV could be reduced through the self-reflection on the testing process.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

- have registered nurse license and do clinical care in emergency department

Exclusion Criteria:

* have registered nurse license but doesn't do clinical care, likes head nurse.
* do clinical care in emergency department but doesn't have registered nurse license, like volunteers or assistant nurse.
* have experienced non-occupational HIV testing.
* had been a nurse in HIV/AIDS-focus ward or HIV/AIDS case manager.

Primary outcomes:
measure: HIV Testing Related Knowledge and Practice
timeFrame: 4 weeks later
measure: HIV Related Stigma
timeFrame: 4 weeks later
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: School of Nursing of National Taiwan University
Study officials:
affiliation: National Taiwan University Hospital
name: CHENG-RU HE, Bachelor
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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