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Trial reportAIDS and behavior2010

Efficacy of a web-based intervention to reduce sexual risk in men who have sex with men.

Kelly M Carpenter, Susan A Stoner, Aneke N Mikko, Lynn P Dhanak, Jeffrey T Parsons

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in AIDS and behavior, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kelly M CarpenterTalaria, Inc., 1121 34th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, USA. kcarpenter@talariainc.com
Susan A Stoner
Aneke N Mikko
Lynn P Dhanak
Jeffrey T Parsons

Funding

HIV Risk Prevention: A Computer TutorialR44MH066465 · NIMH · TALARIA, INC. · PI CARPENTER, KELLY M · 2004 to 2005
$769k
Increasing HIV Awareness : An Interactive Computer TutorR43MH066465 · NIMH · TALARIA, INC. · PI EGAN, KELLY J · 2002 to 2002
$100k
NIMH NIH HHS R43 MH066465NIMH NIH HHS R44 MH066465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To the extent that men who have sex with men (MSM) use the Internet, it serves as a promising medium for behavioral intervention. The present study sought to investigate the efficacy of a web-based skills training and motivational intervention in a randomized trial (N = 112) conducted completely online. After a detailed assessment, MSM were randomly assigned to an online intervention or a control website. The experimental intervention consisted of risk assessment and feedback, motivational exercises, skills training, and education while the control intervention focused on relaxation skills. Follow-up data were collected 3 months later and analyzed with repeated-measures MANOVA. Although both groups evidenced across-the-board reductions in unprotected sex, perhaps due to the detailed assessment, the experimental group showed greater reductions with the riskiest partners, those of positive or unknown serostatus. Thus, this study gives preliminary evidence that a brief web-based intervention offering cognitive behavioral skills training and motivational enhancement can effectively reduce sexual risk in MSM.

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Homosexuality, MaleInternetRisk Reduction BehaviorAdolescentAdultComputer-Assisted InstructionHealth EducationHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMotivationPatient Acceptance of Health CarePilot ProjectsSafe SexSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment Outcome

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PMID19499321
PMCPMC3128504

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