NCT01138878

HIV Testing in Non-traditional Settings Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 6,350 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Surveillance data suggests that approximately one third of the 82 000 HIV infected adults in the UK remain undiagnosed - that is, they are living with the infection but do not know this. The majority of HIV testing in the UK to date has taken place in sexual health clinics and in antenatal care. Published National guidelines advocate routine HIV testing of 16-65 year olds in more general healthcare settings in parts of the country with relatively high rates of HIV (more than 2 per thousand individuals diagnosed locally). The HINTS Study investigates the utility, feasibility and acceptability, to patients and staff, of offering routine HIV testing in four general medical settings, all set in areas of high HIV prevalence. The settings comprise: Primary Care, Outpatients, an Acute Care Unit and an Emergency Department.

Conditions

• HIV

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Questionnaire	Administration of written questionnaire to assess attitudes towards the introduction of routine HIV testing programmes to that healthcare setting
OTHER	Focus Group Discussion	FGD to explore attitudes within each group towards the introduction of routine HIV screening programmes in each medical setting
OTHER	HIV test (serum or salivary)	An HIV test offered to all 16-65 year olds (not known already to be HIV-positive) accessing the healthcare setting during the twelve week pilot period
OTHER	Semi-structured telephone interview	Telephone interview administered to patients offered an HIV test during the pilot period

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-07-01
• Primary completion: 2010-07-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2010-06-08
• Last updated: 2012-04-12

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: United Kingdom