Trial reportHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2017
Efficacy of a multilevel intervention on the mental health of people living with HIV and their family members in rural China.
Trial report in Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Primary-level and community worker interventions for the prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of well-being in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for depression delivered by non-mental health specialists to people living with HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Journal of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Enhancing quality of life through tailored interventions for men living with HIV.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Empowering Women Living With HIV Through Partner-Based Interventions: A Scoping Review.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2026Article
- "The clan carries us": kinship, honor, and the collective enactment of family resilience among Yi households living with HIV in rural Southwest China.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Identifying Key Intervention Attributes Driving Acceptability of Spouse/Partner-Centered HIV Interventions in Vietnam Using Conjoint Analysis.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Article
- Under-recognized risk factors and low perceived breast cancer risk among rural women in South-central China: A multisite cross-sectional study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Family caregivers of people who use drugs in Vietnam: Perceived burden and coping.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- From multilevel to trans-level interventions: A critical next step for creating sustainable social change to improve mental health.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2025Article
- "Who am I going to stay with? Who will accept me?": family-level domains influencing HIV care engagement among disengaged adolescents in Kenya.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Article
- Designing Evidence-Based Preventive Interventions That Reach More People, Faster, and with More Impact in Global Contexts.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2021Article
- Perceived Benefits and Facilitators and Barriers to Providing Psychosocial Interventions for Informal Caregivers of People with Rare Diseases: A Scoping Review.The patient · 2020Article
- Household-focused interventions to enhance the treatment and management of HIV in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2019Article
- HIV and Aging in Mainland China: Implications for Control and Prevention Research.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2019Review
- Quality of life in HIV-infected Chinese women and their family caregivers: an intervention study.AIDS care · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveHIV has a profound impact on infected individuals and their families. This study evaluated the efficacy of an intervention aimed at improving the mental health of people living with HIV (PLH) and their family members.
methodA randomized controlled trial of 475 PLH and 522 family members was conducted in Anhui, China. The intervention comprised activities at individual, family, and community levels. The study outcomes, which included depressive symptoms and coping with illness for the PLH and depressive symptoms and caregiver burden for the family members, were assessed at baseline and at 6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-month follow-up. We used a mixed-effects regression model with village- and participant-level random effects to assess the intervention effect on the improvement of outcome measures.
resultsRelative to the control condition, the PLH and family members of the intervention group reported a significant reduction in depressive symptoms. The largest difference in depressive symptoms was observed at 6 months for the PLH and at 12 months for family members. Decreases in perceived caregiver burden over time were observed for family members in both conditions; however, the group difference did not reach statistical significance. Significant intervention effect on the coping with illness was reported by the PLH.
conclusionsThe study highlights the importance of empowering families affected by HIV to confront the challenges together rather than individually. It may be optimal for future programs to include both PLH and their family members to maximize intervention effects through strengthening interactions and support within a family. (PsycINFO Database Record
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