Distant Healing Efforts for AIDS by Nurses and "Healers"
Data Collection
Blood-Borne Infections+11
+ Urogenital Diseases
+ Genital Diseases
Treatment Study
Summary
Study start date: December 1, 2000
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.Significant numbers of people with HIV/AIDS seek spiritual or "psychic" treatment. Distant healing could potentially be of benefit to large numbers of HIV/AIDS patients, as it is widely available and requires no travel or other activity on the part of the patient. However, the treatment can be costly and has not yet been proven effective in a controlled clinical trial. This study will evaluate the efficacy of distant healing in patients with HIV/AIDS. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to either the distant healing group or a control group. All participants will have hour-long study visits at entry and Months 6 and 12. At study visits, participants will complete a demographic questionnaire, self-report health and symptom inventory, quality of life assessment, and profile of mood states. Blood will be drawn at each study visit.
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.150 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Treatment Study
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.From 18 to 65 Years
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Criteria
Inclusion criteria * HIV infection * History of a CD4 cell count less than 200 cells/mm3 * Stable antiretroviral regimen * English-speaking Exclusion criteria * Inability or unwillingness to fill out questionnaires * History of non-HIV related life-threatening disease
Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 1 location