The Role of Diet Education and Nutritional Counselling in the Ongoing Care of People Living With HIV in Thailand

NCT ID: NCT00549367

Last Updated: 2023-02-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

153 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-11-30

Study Completion Date

2023-02-28

Brief Summary

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To evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education and dietary counselling to improve the nutritional status, well-being and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) attending an HIV treatment facility in Bangkok Thailand.

Detailed Description

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To evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education and dietary counselling to improve the nutritional status, well-being and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) attending an HIV treatment facility in Bangkok Thailand. This will be achieved by determining if dietary counselling and nutrition education has an effect on nutritional status (weight, lean body mass and fat mass), dietary intake, food security, quality of life, biochemical parameters (including total cholesterol, LDL/ HDL cholesterol and Triglyceride), experience of symptoms and patient satisfaction

Conditions

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HIV Infections

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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1

Clients in the control arm of the study will receive nutrition assessment only for the first 24 weeks and the be transferred to nutrition counselling group

Group Type OTHER

Nutrition Counselling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Clients will receive ongoing nutrition assessment and dietary counselling. The intervention arm will receive all baseline assessments and individual nutritional assessment, counselling and nutrition management plans using standards of practice

Interventions

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Nutrition Counselling

Clients will receive ongoing nutrition assessment and dietary counselling. The intervention arm will receive all baseline assessments and individual nutritional assessment, counselling and nutrition management plans using standards of practice

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* HIV positive
* 18 years of age or older
* Receiving ongoing care as part of the TRCARC Family Clinic (TRCARC Wellness Plus clinic)
* Either ART naive or have been on stable ART for more than 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

* HIV negative
* Unintentional weight loss of more than 10% usual body weight, or BMI\<17
* BMI\>30
* Suspected or documented HIV related opportunistic infection
* Pregnant women
* Women less than 3 months post-partum
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Mahidol University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Simon J Sadler

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Albion Street Centre

Locations

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Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre

Bangkok, Pathumwan, Thailand

Site Status

Countries

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Thailand

Other Identifiers

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TACHIN001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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