Evaluation of a real-time virtual intervention to empower persons living with HIV to use therapy self-management: Study protocol for an online randomized controlled trial

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Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Côté, José ^a   Godin, Gaston ^b   Guéhéneuc, Yann Gaël ^c   Rouleau, Geneviève ^a   Ramirez Garcìa, Pilar ^a   Otis, Joanne ^d   Tremblay, Cécile ^a   Fadel, Ghayas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Quebec Coalition Of Community Based HIV/AIDS Organizations (COCQ SIDA)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adherence; Anti retroviral therapy; People living with HIV; Randomized controlled trial; Self management program; Web based study

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REAL TIME VIRTUAL INTERVENTION; SELF CARE; TABLET FORMULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEB BROWSER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EMOTIONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUEBEC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84866979211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-187     Document Type: Article

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