Division of Scholarship and Research, Columbia University School of Nursing, 560 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, FL, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2021 Jun;25(6):1699-1710. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-03096-6. Epub 2021 Jan 1.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the VIP-HANA application (app) for improving symptom burden in a randomized control trial of 100 people living with HIV (PLWH) who have non-AIDS conditions associated with HIV. The intervention group received the VIP-HANA app which allowed them to report their symptoms every week and receive self-management strategies tailored to their symptoms. The control arm received an app to report their symptoms every week but did not receive any strategies. The results of our study suggest that symptom burden improved in the participants of both study arms. Although these findings do not support the efficacy of VIP-HANA in improving symptom burden in PLWH who have HIV-associated non-AIDS (HANA) conditions, this could be a function of the study design. Findings suggest that PLWH are interested in monitoring their symptoms, which could have implications for the wider use of digital health for patient surveillance.
本研究旨在评估 VIP-HANA 应用程序(app)在一项针对 100 名患有与 HIV 相关的非艾滋病(HANA)状况的 HIV 感染者的随机对照试验中改善症状负担的效果。干预组使用 VIP-HANA 应用程序,每周报告症状并获得针对其症状的自我管理策略。对照组每周使用报告症状的应用程序,但不提供任何策略。我们的研究结果表明,两个研究组的症状负担都有所改善。尽管这些发现不支持 VIP-HANA 在改善患有 HIV 相关非艾滋病(HANA)状况的 HIV 感染者的症状负担方面的功效,但这可能是研究设计的一个功能。研究结果表明,HIV 感染者有兴趣监测自己的症状,这可能对更广泛地使用数字健康进行患者监测产生影响。