PMID- 32438338 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240329 IS - 1929-0748 (Print) IS - 1929-0748 (Electronic) IS - 1929-0748 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 6 DP - 2020 Jun 19 TI - A Multilingual, Culturally Competent Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Treatment Adherence Among Women Living With HIV: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. PG - e17656 LID - 10.2196/17656 [doi] LID - e17656 AB - BACKGROUND: Adherence to HIV care is complex, as barriers to care are multidimensional, particularly for ethnic minority women. Mobile health (mHealth) solutions are supportive in improving HIV health care outcomes. In the United States, however, mHealth interventions are not widely implemented in public HIV clinics and have not been customized for women. There is an unmet need for culturally and linguistically appropriate mHealth interventions that address the health care needs of minority women living with HIV. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to describe a protocol investigating the feasibility of an mHealth intervention for treatment adherence among women living with HIV. This is a two-phase, mixed methods, pilot randomized controlled trial that begins with qualitative patient interviews to inform the system design. Participants will be block randomized by language (English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole) to 1 of 2 study arms. METHODS: Women (age >/=18 years) who were followed up at the women's HIV clinic of an academic medical center, with a recent history of nonadherence to HIV care (missed appointments, unsuppressed viral load, or not taking medications as prescribed), will be enrolled. The experimental arm will receive the intervention, which includes health reminders and psychoeducational messaging, plus clinical standard of care reminders. The psychoeducational messaging will target patient-level barriers of HIV stigma and medical mistrust and resilience as a patient-level strength. The control arm will receive standard of care reminders only (ie, mailed appointments and automated telephone calls). All aspects of the study and intervention will be offered in the participants' preferred language. The primary outcome is the feasibility and acceptability of the study. The secondary outcomes are changes in self-reported medication adherence, depression symptoms, HIV stigma, medical mistrust, resilience, and clinic attendance and viral suppression extracted from the participants' medical records. Data will be assessed at baseline (T0) and 2 subsequent clinic visits-approximately 3 to 4 months from the baseline (time 1; T1) and 6 to 9 months from the baseline (time 2; T2). Qualitative data will be transcribed and analyzed iteratively. Bivariate analyses will compare data by the study group (chi-square, odds ratios, and t tests). Exploratory analyses will be conducted for each outcome variable-T1 and T2 values will be compared with values at T0 by the study group. RESULTS: As of March 2020, baseline quantitative data were collected on 54 participants (28 English speakers, 14 Spanish speakers, and 12 Haitian Creole speakers). The first 3 focus groups (1 in each of the 3 languages) were completed, with a total of 20 participants. The findings are currently being integrated into the beta version of the mHealth texting system. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this novel HIV adherence intervention may shed light on the barriers and facilitators of HIV health care and the mechanisms of an mHealth intervention that is customized for ethnic minority women living with HIV. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03738410; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03738410. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/17656. CI - (c)Lunthita M Duthely, Alex P Sanchez-Covarrubias, Adhar B Mohamed, JoNell E Potter. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 19.06.2020. FAU - Duthely, Lunthita M AU - Duthely LM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9003-3257 AD - Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Services, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States. FAU - Sanchez-Covarrubias, Alex P AU - Sanchez-Covarrubias AP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0474-992X AD - Miami Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States. FAU - Mohamed, Adhar B AU - Mohamed AB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0137-2469 AD - Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Services, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States. FAU - Potter, JoNell E AU - Potter JE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4620-2316 AD - Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Services, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States. LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT03738410 GR - KL2 TR002737/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200619 PL - Canada TA - JMIR Res Protoc JT - JMIR research protocols JID - 101599504 PMC - PMC7334759 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HIV OT - SMS/texting OT - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome OT - adherence OT - barriers OT - clinical trial protocol OT - facilitators OT - mHealth OT - telemedicine OT - text messaging OT - women COIS- Conflicts of Interest: None declared. EDAT- 2020/05/22 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/22 06:01 PMCR- 2020/06/19 CRDT- 2020/05/22 06:00 PHST- 2020/01/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/03/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/03/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/05/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/22 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/05/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/06/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - v9i6e17656 [pii] AID - 10.2196/17656 [doi] PST - epublish SO - JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Jun 19;9(6):e17656. doi: 10.2196/17656.