Improving HIV Screening With Nurse-Based Rapid Testing/Streamlined Counseling
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Official title
Improving HIV Screening by Nurse Rapid Testing, Streamlined Counseling
Brief summary
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Background: HIV testing is cost-effective in unselected general medical populations, yet testing rates among those at-risk remain low, even among those with regular primary care. HIV rapid testing is effective in many healthcare settings but scant research has been done within primary care settings, nor within the US Department of Veteran's Affairs Healthcare System. Objectives: We evaluated three methods proven effective in other diseases/settings: Nurse standing orders for testing, streamlined counseling, and HIV rapid testing. Design: Randomized, controlled trial with three intervention models: Model A (traditional counseling/testing); Model B (nurse-initiated screening, traditional counseling/testing); Model C (nurse-initiated screening, streamlined counseling/rapid testing). Participants: 251 patients with primary/urgent care appointments in two VA clinics in the same city (one large urban hospital, one freestanding outpatient clinic in a high HIV prevalence area) Measurements: Rates of HIV testing and receipt of results; sexual risk reduction; HIV knowledge improvement. Results: Testing rates were 40.2% (Model A), 84.5% (Model B), and 89.3% (Model C) (p=\<.01). Test receipt rates were 14.6% (Model A), 31.0% (Model B), 79.8% (Model C) (all p=\<.01). Sexual risk reduction and knowledge improvement did not differ significantly between counseling methods. Conclusions: Streamlined counseling with rapid testing significantly increased testing and receipt rates over current practice without changes in risk behavior or post-test knowledge. Increased testing and receipt of results could lead to earlier disease identification, increased treatment and reduced morbidity/mortality. Policymakers should consider streamlined counseling/rapid testing when implementing routine HIV testing into primary/urgent care.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00119548
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 251 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 28, 2005
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2006
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2006
- Last update posted
- Apr 6, 2015
2005 – 2007
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA | West Los Angeles | California | 90073 | — |
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