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Evaluation of Barriers to Postpartum Care in HIV Infected Women

Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT01853917
Collaborator
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (Other)
38
Enrollment
2
Locations
34
Duration (Months)
19
Patients Per Site
0.6
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate why the majority of HIV infected women in the Harris County Health District system who are pregnant do not come to clinic for their HIV disease after they have a baby through questionaires administered prepartum and questionaires and structured interviews postpartum. The study will ask subjects questions about HIV, drug use, depression and social problems.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: questionaires and structured interviews

Detailed Description

This study is evaluating information pre and postpartum to assess what are barriers to patients coming into care for HIV after they have a baby. We will try to evaluate recurrent themes in questionaires and interviews to try and identify the barriers to care.

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Actual Enrollment :
38 participants
Observational Model:
Cohort
Time Perspective:
Prospective
Official Title:
Evaluation of Barriers to Postpartum Care in HIV Infected Women
Study Start Date :
Jan 1, 2012
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Feb 1, 2014
Actual Study Completion Date :
Nov 1, 2014

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
questionaires and structured interview

HIV infected women who are pregnant and receiving care in Harris County Hospital District single arm study Single arm study

Other: questionaires and structured interviews
We will do questionaires on pregnant women before they have their baby and after they have their baby. We will do structured interviews after they have their baby

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. evaluate results from qualitative interviews [women seen after they have their baby]

    we will ask and record responses and enter into an NIVIVO program to evaluate for emergent themes

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. evaluate results from questionaires [before they have a baby and after they have a baby]

    we will evaluate responses from questionaires There will be 8 areas that there are questionnaires about. These include basic information about yourself, about stress, about your support system, about your sense of control, about tobacco use, about for alcohol/drug use, about taking your HIV medications, and about depression.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:
Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No

Inclusion Criteria: HIV infected pregnant women who

  • HIV-infected women who are pregnant by confirmatory tests or an HIV positive woman who has had a baby within the last 6 months and is coming to care postpartum.

  • Women who intend to get care at Harris County Hospital District.

  • Subjects must be >18 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women unable to complete questionnaires.

  • Women who are unable to speak, read, or understand English or Spanish.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Harris County Hospital District Clinics-Thomas Street Clinic, Northwest Clinic Houston Texas United States 77009
2 Harris County Hospital District Clinics-LBJ hospital Houston Texas United States 77026

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Tanvir Bell, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Tanvir K. Bell, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01853917
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • HSC-MS-11-0503
First Posted:
May 15, 2013
Last Update Posted:
Dec 4, 2014
Last Verified:
Dec 1, 2014
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Dec 4, 2014