Testing the Efficacy and Mechanisms of an Adapted Resilience Building Intervention in People Aging with HIV

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · Mar 29, 2022

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A two-group RCT will enroll 100 older (aged 50+) people living with HIV (PLHIV), who will be recruited from the UAB HIV outpatient clinic. Eligible participants will complete a baseline assessment including a 14-day experience sampling method (ESM) protocol, and then be randomized to either the intervention group (n=50) or an attention-matched control group (n=50). We will block randomize groups based on race, sex, and self-reported resilience (Connor Davidson Resilience Scale). If differences are found between groups on influential variables (e.g., SES), such factors will be controlled in ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • current UAB HIV Clinic patient
• • age 50+
• • have a recent history (within the past 12 months) of suboptimal HIV management, defined as having either ≥one record of detectable viral load or ≥one missed clinic visit without prior cancellation/reschedule
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • neurological or severe psychiatric (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression) disorders