Experiential HIV Testing Increasing Testing Related Knowledge and Practice, and Reduce Stigma Toward HIV of Nurses.

NCT05615935 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 202209065RINA
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 74
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial design. The investigators plan to recruit about 60 to 70 emergency department nurses from a medical center in Taipei, Taiwan. After completing the paper consent form, these nurses will be randomly assigned to 2 groups, which are a control group and an experimental group. The pre-test includes the demographic data sheet, HIV testing related knowledge and practice scale, and The Health Care Provider HIV/ AIDS Stigma Scale (HPASS). All nurses will receive a learning material when they finish the pre-test. In addition, the experimental group will be provided a real HIV testing and counselling by a researcher. The post-test will be finished one month later of pre-test in the control group, and one month later while the intervention completed in the experimental group. The semi-structural interview will be performed to the experimental group to collect and analyze their opinion toward the experiential HIV testing.

Conditions

Hiv; HIV Testing

Keywords

stigma; knowledge; Education, nursing; situated learning

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• HIV Testing Related Knowledge and Practice

  A self-development scale, known as the "HIV Testing-Related Knowledge and Practice Scale," is employed to assess individuals' knowledge and practices pertaining to HIV testing. The scale consists of twenty-eight questions, encompassing both True-False and multiple-choice formats. Participants earn one point for each correct answer, contributing to a total score that ranges from the minimum scores of 0 to the maximum scores of 28. Higher scores signify a more positive outcome, indicating enhanced HIV testing-related knowledge and practice among the participants.

  pre-test(Baseline) and post-test (week 4)

• HIV Related Stigma

  The Healthcare Provider HIV/AIDS Stigma Scale (HPASS) will be used to assess this outcome. The instrument contains 30 items, each scored on a six-point Likert scale, yielding a minimum total score of 30 and a maximum of 180. Higher scores reflect greater levels of stigma toward people living with HIV, indicating a worse outcome. Validation of the HPASS through factor analysis identified three underlying dimensions. The stereotyping dimension (11 items; score range: 11-66) reflects negative cognitions and beliefs about people living with HIV. The prejudice dimension (13 items; score range: 13-78) captures emotionally driven attitudes. The discrimination dimension (6 items; score range: 6-36) represents behavioral responses stemming from negative attitudes. For all dimensions, higher scores indicate worse outcomes. These 3 dimensions(as sub-scale scores) for stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination will also be calculated and analyzed.

  pre-test (Baseline) and post-test (Week 4)

Study Arms (2)

Get a learning material and a experiential HIV Testing

EXPERIMENTAL

These participants in the experimental group will be provided a learning material about HIV testing, then an experiential HIV Testing, which includes HIV testing and counselling, education and discussion, and a post-test interviews will be provided.

Other: Experiential HIV Testing

Get a learning material only

NO INTERVENTION

These participants in the control group will be provided a learning material about HIV testing only. After the post-test, the experiential HIV Testing will be provided to them.

Interventions

Experiential HIV Testing OTHER

The content of experiential HIV Testing includes HIV testing, counselling, and education and discussion.

Get a learning material and a experiential HIV Testing

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \- have registered nurse license and do clinical care in emergency department

You may not qualify if:

• have registered nurse license but doesn't do clinical care, likes head nurse.
• do clinical care in emergency department but doesn't have registered nurse license, like volunteers or assistant nurse.
• have experienced non-occupational HIV testing.
• had been a nurse in HIV/AIDS-focus ward or HIV/AIDS case manager.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taiwan University: lead

Study Sites (1)

School of Nursing of National Taiwan University

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

Location

Related Publications (1)

• He CR, Chang JC, Liu CY, Yang BJ, Hung YH, Chiou PY. Enhancing HIV knowledge and reducing stigma among emergency nurses through experiential self-testing: A mixed-methods study. Nurse Educ Pract. 2025 Dec 18;91:104694. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104694. Online ahead of print.

  PMID: 41455361 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Social Stigma

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Piao-Yi Chiou
• Organization: National Taiwan University

piaoyi@ntu.edu.tw

02-2312-3456

Study Officials

• CHENG-RU HE, Bachelor

  National Taiwan University Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 31, 2022
• First Posted: November 14, 2022
• Study Start: November 9, 2022
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2023
• Study Completion: February 23, 2023
• Last Updated: October 1, 2025
• Results First Posted: August 2, 2024

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)