Health Values and Spirituality in Veterans With HIV/AIDS

NCT ID: NCT00057109

Last Updated: 2015-04-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Completion Date

2005-06-30

Brief Summary

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We have previously shown that: 1) time tradeoff utilities for current health are high, indicating that patients have a strong will to live; 2) half of patients felt that their life was better now than before they were HIV-infected; and 3) certain non-health-related factors such as spirituality and concern and love for one�s children correlated with health values and a sense that life has improved.

Detailed Description

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Background:

We have previously shown that: 1) time tradeoff utilities for current health are high, indicating that patients have a strong will to live; 2) half of patients felt that their life was better now than before they were HIV-infected; and 3) certain non-health-related factors such as spirituality and concern and love for one�s children correlated with health values and a sense that life has improved.

Objectives:

1\) To assess health values of veterans and non-veterans with HIV/AIDS; 2) To characterize spirituality in patients with HIV/AIDS; 3) To derive a power function relating health ratings to utilities; and 4) To assess whether society assigns higher values to health states for veterans than for non-veterans.

Methods:

We interviewed 100 representative veterans with HIV/AIDS from the Cincinnati and Pittsburgh VAMCs and, concurrently, 350 non-veterans with HIV/AIDS from Cincinnati and Washington, DC, twice over 12-18 months. The patient questionnaire included clinical and demographic data; health values measures; a question comparing life now with life before being infected with HIV; and measures of health status/health concerns, HIV symptoms, depressive symptoms, spirituality/religion, adherence, social support, self-esteem, and optimism. We also assessed how medical house officers rate and value the health state of a hypothetical patient with congestive heart failure, identified either as a 72-year-old veteran or merely as a 72-year-old male.

Status:

Data collection completed ahead of schedule. Several manuscripts published with others to be submitted soon.

Conditions

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Quality of Life HIV Spirituality

Study Design

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Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Group 1

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Adults with HIV/AIDS
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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US Department of Veterans Affairs

FED

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Joel Tsevat, MD MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Locations

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Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Site Status

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Sherman SN, Mrus JM, Yi MS, Feinberg J, Tsevat J. How do patients with HIV/AIDS understand and respond to health value questions? J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Dec;21 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):S56-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00647.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17083502 (View on PubMed)

Cotton S, Puchalski CM, Sherman SN, Mrus JM, Peterman AH, Feinberg J, Pargament KI, Justice AC, Leonard AC, Tsevat J. Spirituality and religion in patients with HIV/AIDS. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Dec;21 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):S5-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00642.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17083501 (View on PubMed)

Kudel I, Farber SL, Mrus JM, Leonard AC, Sherman SN, Tsevat J. Patterns of responses on health-related quality of life questionnaires among patients with HIV/AIDS. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Dec;21 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):S48-55. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00645.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17083500 (View on PubMed)

Cotton S, Tsevat J, Szaflarski M, Kudel I, Sherman SN, Feinberg J, Leonard AC, Holmes WC. Changes in religiousness and spirituality attributed to HIV/AIDS: are there sex and race differences? J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Dec;21 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):S14-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00641.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17083495 (View on PubMed)

Mrus JM, Leonard AC, Yi MS, Sherman SN, Fultz SL, Justice AC, Tsevat J. Health-related quality of life in veterans and nonveterans with HIV/AIDS. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Dec;21 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):S39-47. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00644.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17083499 (View on PubMed)

Tsevat J, Leonard AC, Szaflarski M, Sherman SN, Cotton S, Mrus JM, Feinberg J. Change in quality of life after being diagnosed with HIV: a multicenter longitudinal study. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2009 Nov;23(11):931-7. doi: 10.1089/apc.2009.0026.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19821724 (View on PubMed)

Szaflarski M, Ritchey PN, Leonard AC, Mrus JM, Peterman AH, Ellison CG, McCullough ME, Tsevat J. Modeling the effects of spirituality/religion on patients' perceptions of living with HIV/AIDS. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Dec;21 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):S28-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00646.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17083497 (View on PubMed)

Yi MS, Mrus JM, Wade TJ, Ho ML, Hornung RW, Cotton S, Peterman AH, Puchalski CM, Tsevat J. Religion, spirituality, and depressive symptoms in patients with HIV/AIDS. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Dec;21 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):S21-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00643.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17083496 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ECI 01-195

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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