NCT01681914

Assessment of the Effectiveness of New Clinical Guidelines for Differential Diagnosis and Management of Common HIV/AIDS-related Conditions in Mozambique

Assessment of the Effectiveness of New Clinical Guidelines for Differential Diagnosis and Management of Common HIV/AIDS-related Conditions in Mozambique: A Country-specific Public Health Evaluation." (CDC)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 492 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vanderbilt University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Utilizing funding through the President´s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) this project seeks to assess the effectiveness of a subset of the new Mozambican clinical guidelines for the diagnosis, initial management, and follow-up ( \>1 follow-up visit to determine response to initial and/or second-line therapy) of common signs and symptoms in HIV-infected adult patients as used under field conditions by Mozambique-based clinicians in MOH health facilities in Zambézia province, Mozambique. The operational feasibility of the new guidelines will be described; they will be compared to the previous standard of care for the problem(s) of interest, and the clinical importance of differences between guidelines designed for Mozambican non-physician clinicians and new guidelines (also issued in late 2009) for Mozambican physicians will be described. The subset of guidelines to be addressed in the current phase of this 2-year project includes algorithms for diagnosis and management of acute fever, persistent fever, and anemia.

Conditions

• Anemia
• Fever
• HIV Positive

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-04-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2012-09-01
• First posted: 2012-09-10
• Last updated: 2013-08-13

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Mozambique