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Trial reportAIDS and behavior2019

Effects of a Mobile Health Intervention to Promote HIV Self-testing with MSM in China: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Xiaofang Zhu, Wenhan Zhang, Don Operario, Yue Zhao, Anxia Shi, Zhihua Zhang, Pan Gao, Ashley Perez, Jun Wang, Nickolas Zaller and 3 more

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in AIDS and behavior, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 13 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaofang ZhuSchool of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, China.
Wenhan ZhangDepartment of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.
Don OperarioDepartment of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI, 02912, USA. don_operario@brown.edu.
Yue ZhaoSchool of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, China.
Anxia ShiSchool of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, China.
Zhihua ZhangSchool of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, China.
Pan GaoSchool of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, China.
Ashley PerezDepartment of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.
Jun WangSchool of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, China.
Nickolas ZallerDepartment of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Arkansas Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Cui YangDepartment of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Yehuan SunSchool of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, China.
Hongbo ZhangSchool of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, China. zhanghongbo@ahmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7984-7663
Anhui Medical University · CNBrown University · USArkansas Department of Health · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Training Program for Scientists Conducting Research to Reduce HIV Health DisparitR25MH067127 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Emily A Arnold, Torsten Brian Neilands · 2003 to 2026
$5.4M
Minority Populations Prevention Researcher TrainingR25HD045810 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI NEILANDS, TORSTEN BRIAN · 2003 to 2018
$4.3M
Health disparities, stress pathways, and stress-related comorbidities among MSM living with HIVR01MD013495 · NIMHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LATKIN, CARL A, YANG, CUI · 2018 to 2022
$3.8M
Using Open Contest and Neuro-Influence Experiment to Develop and Evaluate PrEP Promotion Messages for High Risk MenR34MH116725 · NIMH · RBHS-SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI YANG, CUI · 2018 to 2020
$696k
mHealth and HIV self-testing for high-risk men in ChinaR34MH106349 · NIMH · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI OPERARIO, DON · 2015 to 2017
$650k
NICHD NIH HHS R25 HD045810NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD013495NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH067127NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH106349NIMH NIH HHS R34MH106349NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH116725
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study tested a mobile health (mHealth) intervention program entitled WeTest, delivered via the WeChat mobile app, to promote oral HIV self-testing (HIVST) among MSM in Hefei, China. A total of 100 MSM participants enrolled, completed baseline assessment, were randomly assigned to intervention or control, and completed 6-month follow-up surveys. Intervention participants (n = 50) received two oral HIVST kits and access to WeTest, a private WeChat group which provided app-based messages and referrals to health services related to HIV. Control participants (n = 50) received two oral HIVST kits only. All participants received instructions to upload photographic results of their oral HIVST, which were sent to the project counselor via a secure WeChat online portal; immediate contact and referrals were made to any participants who tested HIV-positive. In GEE analyses adjusting for time effects and baseline confounders, intervention participants had significantly higher rates of HIV testing (adjusted rate ratio RR = 1.99, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.07-3.84) and, in particular, higher rates of testing via oral HIVST (adjusted RR = 2.17, 95% CI 1.08-4.37) compared with the control group. Significant time effects were also found such that all participants, regardless of group allocation, had significantly higher rates of reporting consistent condom use with main partners (adjusted RR = 18.13, 95% CI 5.19-63.31) and with non-main partners (adjusted RR = 5.33, 95% CI 2.35-12.08). Findings from this study provide evidence for the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of this mHealth approach to promoting oral HIVST among MSM in China.

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AdultChinaCondomsHIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansMaleMass ScreeningProgram EvaluationSafe SexSelf CareSerologic TestsSexual PartnersSurveys and QuestionnairesTelemedicineChinaHIV self-testingMen who have sex with men (MSM)Mobile health (mHealth)

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PMID30852728
PMCPMC6733671
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