N/A
Completed N=24
Patient Actor Training to Improve HIV Services for Adolescents in Kenya
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02928900 ↗Enrolled (actual)
24
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Dec 2024
Primary outcomePrimary: Retention in HIV Care — 1570; 1855 Participants
Summary
The goal of this study is to develop and evaluate a clinical training intervention utilizing standardized patient actors to improve communication and interpersonal skills of health care workers who serve HIV-infected adolescents and youth in Kenya, resulting in increased engagement in HIV care. The effect of the intervention on retention in care will be evaluated in a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial at 24 HIV care and treatment facilities.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Retention in HIV Care |
1570; 1855 | — |
| SECONDARY Proportion of HCWs With Pass/Fail Scores |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Numeric Scores From SP Actors |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Health Care Worker Competency |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Health Care Workers' Satisfaction With Skills |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Adolescent Patients' Satisfaction With Care |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Retention in HIV Care (Secondary) |
— | — |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Listed by population
Facilities:
- HIV care and treatment facilities in Kenya with ≥40 adolescents currently in HIV care
- EMR data systems
- No concurrent adolescent interventions
Adolescent patient records:
- Records of adolescents and youth ages 10-24
- Enrollment in HIV care and treatment at one of the study facilities
Adolescent satisfaction surveys:
- Patients ages 10-24 seeking counseling or treatment services at trial site who are HIV-infected
- Willing and able to provide informed consent or assent based on age and presence of a caregiver.
- Reside in Kenya
Health care workers:
- >18 years of age
- Employed at trial site in clinical care for at least three months and/or have a 1 year contract (i.e. not temporary staff)
- Provide clinical services to adolescents
- Reside in Kenya
Exclusion Criteria
Facilities:
- If inclusion criteria are not met
- If anything would prevent the complete conduct of the training intervention at that site and/or the collection of outcome measures
Adolescents and health care worker surveys:
- If an individual has conditions that would place them at increased risk or preclude the individual's full compliance with or completion of the study
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02928900). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.