NCT02378766

Evaluation of Web-based Interventions to Support People Living With HIV in the Adoption of Health Behaviors

Evaluation of a Tailored Virtual Intervention as an Instrument of Prevention and Support to Improve the Health of PLHIV and Reduce Comorbidity Associated With HIV (MP-02-2015-5853)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 750 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a web-based tailored intervention to support persons living with HIV (PLHIV) manage the demands inherent to their health condition, particularly as regards to the adoption of health behaviours such as being physically active, following a healthy diet and quitting smoking. This randomized controlled trial is currently conducted entirely online at www.lhivehealthy.ca

Detailed description

This online randomized controlled trial with parallel-groups is conducted across Canada. Interested participants are invited to visit the study's Website at www.lhivehealthy.ca The study's Website contains video clips explaining the study. After accepting the conditions and consenting, participants will enroll in the study by providing an email address and a pseudonym. Each participant will be validated through an email address check. After their enrolment, participants will receive a hyperlink via email to invite them to complete a baseline questionnaire. After completing the baseline questionnaire, participants will be randomly assigned by the computer system either to an experimental group (TAVIE en santé) or to a control group (list of 5 websites). Three and six months after the baseline questionnaire, participants will complete the online questionnaires again.

Conditions

• HIV

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Website A	Patients assigned to this arm will be invited to complete a web-based tailored intervention called TAVIE en santé (TAVIE : Traitement, Assistance Virtuelle Infirmière et Enseignement). TAVIE en santé is a web-based tailored multicomponent intervention addressing smoking cessation, physical activity and healthy eating. Each component consists of seven interactive computer sessions lasting 5-10 minutes. The sessions, hosted by a virtual nurse, aims to develop and strengthen skills required for behavior change.
OTHER	Website B	Patients assigned to this arm will be invited to consult a validated list of five predetermined websites offering information about the health behavior they chose: being physically active, following a healthy diet or quitting smoking. These websites offers reliable information and their content were validated by experts.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-12-01
• Primary completion: 2021-12-01
• Completion: 2022-04-01
• First posted: 2015-03-04
• Last updated: 2022-08-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada