Trial reportBMC primary care2026
Knowledge improvement on premarital HIV counseling with PAUSE
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introductionPremarital HIV testing was made mandatory for Muslim couples in Malaysia as an effort to curb the transmission of HIV. The PAUSE© flipchart is a Malay language counselling tool to facilitate consistent and effective pre-test counselling for premarital couples. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the PAUSE© flipchart versus conventional methods in enhancing HIV knowledge at public primary healthcare clinics in Johor Bahru.
methodsA parallel cluster randomised controlled trial was conducted among adult Malay-literate clients who registered for mandatory premarital HIV testing. Cluster randomisation was used to select 8 public primary healthcare clinics from Johor Bharu District to be allocated into intervention and control groups. Clients in the intervention group (n = 90) received counselling using the PAUSE
resultsBoth groups showed significant increases in HIV knowledge post-counselling (p < 0.001). The intervention group had a mean score increase of 6.99 (95% CI [6.01, 7.97]), significantly higher than the control group's 3.99 (95% CI [2.89, 5.09]). Post-counselling scores were higher in the intervention group [mean 19.99 (SD = 1.26) vs. 16.59 (SD = 4.41), p < 0.001]. The PAUSE
conclusionThe PAUSE
trial registrationThis trial was retrospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry on 26 June 2024 (ACTRN12624000788572).
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