NCT01644383

Meaning of Life in HIV-infected Youths

Meaning in Life of Youth Infected With HIV

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 24 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Logotherapy has never been evaluated in HIV-infected teenagers. In this study, we will evaluate the meaning of life by using The Purpose in Life Test and the affect of logotherapy in HIV infected youth at HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital.

Detailed description

In the HAART era, HIV infected children can live longer and will grow up to become teenagers. However, some may develop psychosocial problems because they have lost family members, experienced poverty, social discrimination etc. Being a normal teenager is tough and is the most complex period of his/her life. This is the period when most teenagers will find their identity and reasons for living. Therefore it is believed that interventions may help HIV-infected teenagers better deal with life. For this study, logotherapy, a therapy that will help a person to discover his/her purpose in life, live meaningful life, and attain self-esteem was used. The success of the intervention was evaluated by using The Purpose in Life Test.

Conditions

• Meaning of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	logotherapy	Logotherapy is therapy during which the interaction between the therapist and the client centres on the topic of meaning. The problems that the clients experience are presented to the client as inseparable parts of his everyday life. The client is then challenged to discover his/her meaning and to take responsibility in facing up to his/her problem. This approach is aimed at helping the client to deal and understand what his /her existences entail.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-02-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2012-07-19
• Last updated: 2016-08-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand