NCT00988390

Mothers Living With HIV and Their Adolescent Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 543 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

* Context: Mothers living with HIV (MLH) and their children face predictable challenges: maintaining physical and mental health, parenting while ill, and addressing HIV-related stressors. * Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a family-based intervention over time; to contrast the life adjustments of HIV-affected families and their non-HIV-affected neighbors in the current treatment era. * Design: Randomized controlled trial of MLH and a longitudinal comparison of MLH to a neighborhood cohort using random effect regression. * Participants and Intervention: MLH (n = 339) and their school-age children (n = 259) were randomly assigned to receive 1) an intervention of 16 sessions in a cognitive-behavioral, small-group format; or 2) control. MLH and their children were compared to non-HIV-affected families recruited at shopping markets. Participant retention was high: 84% at 6 months, 83% at 12 months, and 78% at 18 months. * Main Outcome Measures: Family functioning and conflict, mental and physical health, sexual behavior, and substance use.

Conditions

• Family Relations
• Mental Health
• Physical Health
• Risky Sexual Behavior
• Substance Use
• HIV Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive-behavioral, small-group format sessions	The intervention was delivered in either English- or Spanish-speaking groups of 5 to 8 mothers living with HIV twice weekly for 1.5 to 2 hours each over eight weeks (n = 16 sessions).

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-02-01
• Primary completion: 2008-06-01
• Completion: 2008-06-01
• First posted: 2009-10-02
• Last updated: 2016-11-28