The Role of Diet Education and Nutritional Counselling in the Ongoing Care of People Living With HIV in Thailand

NCT00549367 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: TACHIN001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 153
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education and dietary counselling to improve the nutritional status, well-being and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) attending an HIV treatment facility in Bangkok Thailand.

Conditions

HIV Infections

Keywords

Nutritional status; Nutrition counselling; Nutrition assessment; HIV; Alternative Medicine; Complementary Medicine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• body composition measured by BIA and anthropometry

  48 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in dietary intake, food security, quality of life, biochemical parameters (including total cholesterol, LDL/ HDL cholesterol and Triglyceride), experience of symptoms and patient satisfaction

  48 weeks

Study Arms (1)

1

OTHER

Clients in the control arm of the study will receive nutrition assessment only for the first 24 weeks and the be transferred to nutrition counselling group

Behavioral: Nutrition Counselling

Interventions

Nutrition Counselling BEHAVIORAL

Clients will receive ongoing nutrition assessment and dietary counselling. The intervention arm will receive all baseline assessments and individual nutritional assessment, counselling and nutrition management plans using standards of practice

1

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• HIV positive
• years of age or older
• Receiving ongoing care as part of the TRCARC Family Clinic (TRCARC Wellness Plus clinic)
• Either ART naive or have been on stable ART for more than 6 months

You may not qualify if:

• HIV negative
• Unintentional weight loss of more than 10% usual body weight, or BMI\<17
• BMI\>30
• Suspected or documented HIV related opportunistic infection
• Pregnant women
• Women less than 3 months post-partum

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre: lead
• Mahidol University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre

Bangkok, Pathumwan, 10330, Thailand

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

HIV Infections

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Blood-Borne Infections; Communicable Diseases; Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Lentivirus Infections; Retroviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Simon J Sadler

  Albion Street Centre

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 23, 2007
• First Posted: October 25, 2007
• Study Start: November 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2022
• Study Completion: February 1, 2023
• Last Updated: February 17, 2023

Record last verified: 2021-07

Locations

TH (1)