Evaluation of a Computer-Based System Using Cell Phones for HIV People in Peru (Cell-POS)
HIV, Adherence, Sexual Behavior
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for HIV focused on measuring Adherence, Appointment, Cell Phone, Cellular Phone, Clinic, Computers, Controlled Clinical Trials, Randomized, HIV/AIDS, Health Informatics, Health behavior, Information Technology, Internet, Intervention, Medication, Patient Satisfaction, Patient Self-Report, Patients, Peru, Phone, Public Health, Public Health Informatics, Randomized, Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials, Randomized Controlled Trials, Research, Secondary Prevention, Self-Report, Sex Behavior, Sexual Behavior, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Infection, Survey Instrument, Surveys, Telephone, Telephone, Cellular, Text, Unprotected Sex, Viral Load result, Vulnerable Populations, WWW, anti-retroviral therapy, consumer informatics, evidence base, follow-up, medication adherence, medication compliance, randomization, randomized controlled study, randomized trial, randomly assigned, safer sex, treatment adherence, user centered design, web, world wide web
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-positive healthy male or female aged greater than or equal to 18
- Currently on ART
- Patients with a mobile phone for their personal use (not shared)
- Patients who know how to retrieve read text messages on their mobile phone
- Signed and dated written informed consent prior to admission to the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients whose clinical condition might have interfered with the study (e.g., deafness, serious mental illness, mental retardation)
- Patients unable to give their informed consent.
Sites / Locations
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
- Via Libre
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Cell phone intervention
Standard of care
Participant receives short text messages
Participant receives standard of care support but not short text messages