Clinical trial NCT00272519: Life Skills Intervention for Adolescents Perinatally Infected With HIV
Official title: Life Skills Intervention for Young Adolescents Perinatally Infected With HIV and Their Caregivers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: HIV Infections
Keywords: HIV
AIDS
Adolescent
HIV Positive
Lead sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
name: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
name: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
First posted: 2006-01-06
Enrollment: 16
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 11
Maximum age (years): 14
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The life skills intervention model is designed to help adolescents promote their physical and mental health through cognitive and behavioral techniques (e.g., problem solving, coping, and communication skills) designed to help them achieve social and personal competencies used to manage various life challenges.

Detailed description: One of the salient advantages of this intervention model is that it has been developed and implemented in several studies with adolescents. However, data concerning the effects of this model are much less extensive with adolescents perinatally infected with HIV. The proposed study is designed to address this gap in knowledge by conducting a pilot intervention tailoring the life skills intervention to the needs of young adolescents, perinatally infected with HIV, and to their primary caregivers. Given the emphasis on peer group interaction, the proposed intervention model also has the potential to reduce some of the social isolation imposed by the experiences related to HIV infection by creating opportunities for adolescents to interact with others who are managing comparable stressors and treatment regimens.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Clinically-identified HIV-1 infected participants 11-14 years of age and their primary caregivers.
* HIV status has been disclosed to the adolescent.
* Caregiver is the legal guardian of the adolescent as indicated by the medical team.
* Adolescent lives with the caregiver
* Adolescent and caregiver speak and understand English.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Caregiver consent or permission denied or adolescent does not assent.
* Adolescent diagnosed as mentally retarded as previously reported or confirmed through chart review.
* Adolescent and/or caregiver too medically fragile. Medically fragile is functionally defined as being physically unable to attend the group.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Implement and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a modified life skills intervention
timeFrame: 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an assessment battery
timeFrame: 1 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
affiliation: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
name: Ahna Pai, Ph.D
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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