Allison R. Webel
Testing a peer-based symptom management intervention for women living with HIV/AIDS
Case Western Reserve University
abstract objective test impact participation peerbased intervention symptom management women living hiv infection selected outcome measures including symptom intensity medication adherence viral control quality life design randomized clinical trial methods participants recruited using convenient consecutive sampling method participants randomized experimental condition attended seven peerled sessions seven weeks participants randomized control condition received copy hiv symptom management strategies manual people living hivaids participants completed four surveys assessing change time aforementioned outcome variables results eightynine hivinfected women followed 14 weeks differences two groups baseline demographic variables mixedeffects regression indicated significant difference groups across time total symptom intensity score medication adherence significant difference groups across time two nine quality life scales hiv mastery 22508 p0005 disclosure worries 22467 p0005 conclusions urbandwelling women living hivaids results suggest peerbased symptom management intervention may decrease symptom intensity increase medication adherence positive evidence suggests intervention may increase important aspects quality life however research warranted elucidate effect peerbased interventions achieving positive selfmanagement outcomes keywords hivaidspeermedication adherenceclinical trial acknowledgements would like thank members dissertation committee william holzemer sally rankin carmen portillo kate lorig input assistance project invaluable also want thank bruce cooper statistical support marla longenecker editoral suppport also wish thank community clinic representatives assisted recruitment participants study sona soha deb royal east bay aids consortium gwen smith southeast health center roland zepf ward 86 san francisco general hospital shalini eddens world project funded training grant national institutes health 1f31nr009910 2008 american nurses foundationwestern institute nursing research grant grants university california san francisco graduate division school nursing century fund