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Trial reportPloS one2016

A Pilot Trial of a Sexual Health Counseling Intervention for HIV-Positive Gay and Bisexual Men Who Report Anal Sex without Condoms.

Trevor A Hart, Natalie Stratton, Todd A Coleman, Holly A Wilson, Scott H Simpson, Rick E Julien, David Hoe, Bob Leahy, John Maxwell, Barry D Adam

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Trial report in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02546271 nacompletednot on this map

A Small-group Intervention to Reduce HIV Sexual Transmission Risk Behavior Among HIV-positive Men Who Have Sex With Men

TypeinterventionalSponsorToronto Metropolitan UniversityRan2009 to 2013Enrolled82ConditionsRisk BehaviorArmsGPS
NCT04870723 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

An International Multi-site, Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief eHealth Intervention to Increase COVID-19 Knowledge and Protective Behaviors, and Reduce Pandemic Stress Among Diverse LGBT+ People

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of TorontoRan2021 to 2022Enrolled853ConditionsCovid19ArmseHealth for Covid-19 prevention and support
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Trevor A HartDepartment of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Natalie StrattonDepartment of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Todd A ColemanDepartment of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Holly A WilsonDepartment of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Scott H SimpsonAIDS Committee of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rick E JulienAIDS Committee of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
David HoePoz Prevention Working Group, Gay Men's Sexual Health Alliance, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bob LeahyPoz Prevention Working Group, Gay Men's Sexual Health Alliance, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
John MaxwellAIDS Committee of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Barry D AdamDepartment of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
AIDS Committee of Toronto · CAToronto Metropolitan University · CADigital Research Alliance of CanadaOntario HIV Treatment Network · CAPublic Health Ontario · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research #194233
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEven in the presence of promising biomedical treatment as prevention, HIV incidence among men who have sex with men has not always decreased. Counseling interventions, therefore, continue to play an important role in reducing HIV sexual transmission behaviors among gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men. The present study evaluated effects of a small-group counseling intervention on psychosocial outcomes and HIV sexual risk behavior.

methodHIV-positive (HIV+) peer counselors administered seven 2-hour counseling sessions to groups of 5 to 8 HIV+ gay and bisexual men. The intervention employed information provision, motivational interviewing, and behavioral skills building to reduce sexual transmission risk behaviors.

resultsThere was a significant reduction in condomless anal sex (CAS) with HIV-negative and unknown HIV-status partners, from 50.0% at baseline to 28.9% of the sample at 3-month follow-up. Findings were robust even when controlling for whether the participant had an undetectable viral load at baseline. Significant reductions were also found in the two secondary psychosocial outcomes, loneliness and sexual compulsivity.

conclusionsThe findings provide preliminary evidence that this intervention may offer an efficient way of concurrently reducing CAS and mental health problems, such as sexual compulsivity and loneliness, for HIV+ gay and bisexual men.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02546271.

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CondomsSex CounselingSexual BehaviorAdultBisexualityFemaleHIV SeropositivityHomosexuality, MaleHumansLinear ModelsMaleOntarioPilot ProjectsRisk-TakingSexual PartnersSocioeconomic Factors

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PMID27054341
PMCPMC4824469
OpenAlexW2329808835

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