WiseApp for Spanish Speakers Living With HIV
WiseApp for Spanish-Speaking Latino Persons Living With HIV (PLWH) in the United States (US) and the Dominican Republic (DR)
Columbia University
248 participants
Mar 1, 2023
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study aims to conduct a 12-month randomized controlled trial to adapt the mobile app, WiseApp, and a smart pill dispenser for Spanish-speaking people living with HIV (PLWH) in the New York City (NYC) area and La Romana, Dominican Republic (DR). The study will assess the efficacy and sustainability of WiseApp as well as identify barriers with its widespread use among Spanish speakers. With disproportionately high rates of HIV in the New York City area and the Dominican Republic, this project seeks to identify distinct contextual factors related to Spanish speaking people living with HIV and increase the likelihood of engagement with technology and improvements in clinical outcomes.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria6
- Able to speak, read, and write in Spanish;
- Aged ≥18 years;
- Willing to participate in any assigned arm of the intervention;
- Have an HIV-1 RNA level \>50 copies/mL;
- Own a smartphone (DR participants who are eligible but without access to a smartphone will get one as part of the study at the time of enrollment); and
- Ability and willingness to provide informed consent for study participation and consent for access to medical records.
Exclusion Criteria5
- Reside in a nursing home, prison, and/or receiving in-patient psychiatric care at time of enrollment;
- Terminal illness with life expectancy \<6 months;
- Planning to move out of the area in the next 12 months;
- A cognitive state minimum score measured by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) to ensure participants are oriented to time and place.
- Spouses/partners may not enroll in this study. The study will be limited to only 1 person from the same family/domestic household.
Interventions
The CleverCap pill bottle is an innovative technology that dispenses only the prescribed amount of medication, keeps track of medications dispensed, and communicates wirelessly with the WiseApp to deliver medication adherence reminders.
Locations(2)
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NCT05398185