Music for Health Project (MFH)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Human Immunodeficiency Virus focused on measuring HIV/AIDS, Adherence, Self-management, Antiretroviral therapy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV+ individuals initiating ART for the first time (except women who may have had ART during pregnancy); or HIV+ individuals changing ART regimen within the past 3 months due to side effects or virologic resistance; or HIV+ individuals with a detectable viral load ≥ 40copies/ml; or HIV+ individuals on ART medication
- English speaking
- Willing to complete 4 assessments
- Willing to complete monthly, unannounced pill counts
- Willing to allow collection of hair samples
- Willing to be randomly assigned to either condition
- Willing to participate in study activities that include using smart phone and mobile app
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have a history of bilateral hearing loss (health care provider diagnosed or self-identified)
- Homeless
- Have a cognitive impairment (inability to comprehend the informed consent)
- Display psychotic symptoms, as determined by the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)
Sites / Locations
- Emory University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Educational music mobile app
Live Network mobile phone App
A prerecorded program of songs on various topics in a mobile phone application (app). It is designed to provide education about non-health related topics and will be equivalent in length to the intervention app.
The LN is a prerecorded mobile phone application (app). It employs a radio talk show format in which a Disc Jockey entertains HIV medication-, adherence-, and self-management-related questions and comments from callers and poses them to expert care providers, whose responses to these questions are augmented by songs that shed additional light on these issues.