Creating a Virtual Village for People Aging With HIV During COVID-19

NCT ID: NCT04747756

Last Updated: 2021-09-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-12-31

Brief Summary

In a PCORI-funded project on HIV and aging engagement that was co-led by the study team, the topics of isolation and depressions were identified as priority areas of deep concern among older PLWH. The COVID-19 pandemic has enhanced the urgency to test interventions to mitigate depression and isolation among older PLWH. However, there is scant evidence on effective interventions that help mitigate depression and isolation among older PLWH. While physical distancing and stay at home orders are a necessary strategy to flatten the curve, ease pressure on the healthcare system, and protect the most vulnerable, the order further increases the isolation faced by people aging with HIV, and creates barriers to accessing medications, health services, and other resources. This project will include 6 virtual focus groups and 12 individual interviews with adults ages 50 or older in California (Palm Spring, Los Angeles) and the Tampa-Bay region, Florida to (1): further characterize issues related to depression, isolation, and basic needs of people aging with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic (2) utilizing results from Aim 1, co-develop ideas for what to include in a virtual village, and (3) create and pilot the virtual village in a group of people aging with HIV. The overall goal of this study is to execute an innovative solution to address issues related to isolation for older PLWH which have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conditions

Hiv; Depression in Old Age; Isolation, Social; Aging

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Study participants

No participants will be randomized. All participants will have an opportunity to participate in the study procedures.

Group Type: OTHER

Virtual Village

Intervention Type: OTHER

The purpose of this study is to create a virtual village for people aging with HIV, and to pilot test the virtual village intervention as a final step.

Interventions

Virtual Village

The purpose of this study is to create a virtual village for people aging with HIV, and to pilot test the virtual village intervention as a final step.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• English or Spanish speaking adults
• Living with HIV
• residing in Palm Springs, Los Angeles, or Tampa Bay Florida
• age 50 or older

Exclusion Criteria

• not able to read English or Spanish

• Minimum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of South Florida

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Southern California

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

HIV+Aging Research Project-Palm Springs

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of California, Riverside

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

UC Riverside

Riverside, California, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

60304

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id