HIV-PASS (Pain and Sadness Support): Randomized Controlled Trial of a Behavioral Health Intervention for Interference Due to Pain in People Living With HIV, Chronic Pain, and Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to determine whether HIV-Pain and Sadness Support (HIV-PASS), a collaborative behavioral health intervention based on behavioral activation, is associated with decreased pain-related interference with daily activities, depression, and other outcomes in people living with HIV.

Methods

We conducted a three-site clinical trial ( n = 187) in which we randomly assigned participants to receive either HIV-PASS or health education control condition. In both conditions, participants received seven intervention sessions, comprising an initial in-person joint meeting with the participant, their HIV primary care provider and a behavioral health specialist, and six, primarily telephone-based, meetings with the behavioral health specialist and participant. The i

SUBMITTER: Uebelacker LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10073275 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature