Effectiveness of mobile SMS based counselling intervention in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of HIV/AIDS patients enrolled in hospitals/NGOs in Terengganu, Malaysia: a mixed mode study protocol

Abstract Background HIV/AIDS is one of the most serious problems in many parts of the world, and is a high priority for health managers and decision-makers. The aim of the qualitative part of this study will be to develop a mobile SMS (short messaging services) counselling intervention to prevent HI...

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Main Authors: Md Mosharaf Hossain, Ruhani Binti Mat Min, Zikri Muhammad, Kulanthayan K. C. Mani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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SMS
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-08910-3
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spelling doaj-d65115c2b6244ad9925163266fa715f72020-11-25T03:17:55ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582020-05-012011610.1186/s12889-020-08910-3Effectiveness of mobile SMS based counselling intervention in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of HIV/AIDS patients enrolled in hospitals/NGOs in Terengganu, Malaysia: a mixed mode study protocolMd Mosharaf Hossain0Ruhani Binti Mat Min1Zikri Muhammad2Kulanthayan K. C. Mani3Faculty of Business, Economics & Social Development, University Malaysia TerengganuFaculty of Business, Economics & Social Development, University Malaysia TerengganuFaculty of Business, Economics & Social Development, University Malaysia TerengganuFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra MalaysiaAbstract Background HIV/AIDS is one of the most serious problems in many parts of the world, and is a high priority for health managers and decision-makers. The aim of the qualitative part of this study will be to develop a mobile SMS (short messaging services) counselling intervention to prevent HIV/AIDS, while the quantitative part will be to test the effectiveness of a mobile SMS counselling intervention to improve the knowledge, attitude, and practices of patients concerning the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Method A mixed methods approach will be used. Qualitative part: Design: focus group discussions (FGDs) will be conducted. Setting: Hospital/NGOs in Terengganu, Malaysia. Participants: Three FGDs will be conducted with male and female HIV/AIDS patients, and one group of local community leaders. One FGD will be conducted for each group. Three in-depth interviews (IDIs) will be conducted with patients who had HIV/AIDS, of which one will be female. Quantitative part: Design: a cluster randomized clinical trial with 384 HIV/AIDS patients in Terengganu, Malaysia. Intervention: Mobile SMS counselling intervention for patients concerning the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Results The main outcomes of this study will be the differences in knowledge, attitude, and practices of patients concerning the prevention of HIV/AIDS between the baseline and immediate follow-up after the intervention, and after 3 months. Conclusions The mobile based SMS counselling intervention developed will be effective in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of patients concerning HIV/AIDS prevention in Terengganu, Malaysia. Trial registration Thai Clinical Trials Registry, TCTR20200212001 ; 7/02/2020.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-08910-3HIV/AIDSSMSMobileCounselling interventionMalaysia
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author Md Mosharaf Hossain
Ruhani Binti Mat Min
Zikri Muhammad
Kulanthayan K. C. Mani
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Ruhani Binti Mat Min
Zikri Muhammad
Kulanthayan K. C. Mani
Effectiveness of mobile SMS based counselling intervention in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of HIV/AIDS patients enrolled in hospitals/NGOs in Terengganu, Malaysia: a mixed mode study protocol
BMC Public Health
HIV/AIDS
SMS
Mobile
Counselling intervention
Malaysia
author_facet Md Mosharaf Hossain
Ruhani Binti Mat Min
Zikri Muhammad
Kulanthayan K. C. Mani
author_sort Md Mosharaf Hossain
title Effectiveness of mobile SMS based counselling intervention in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of HIV/AIDS patients enrolled in hospitals/NGOs in Terengganu, Malaysia: a mixed mode study protocol
title_short Effectiveness of mobile SMS based counselling intervention in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of HIV/AIDS patients enrolled in hospitals/NGOs in Terengganu, Malaysia: a mixed mode study protocol
title_full Effectiveness of mobile SMS based counselling intervention in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of HIV/AIDS patients enrolled in hospitals/NGOs in Terengganu, Malaysia: a mixed mode study protocol
title_fullStr Effectiveness of mobile SMS based counselling intervention in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of HIV/AIDS patients enrolled in hospitals/NGOs in Terengganu, Malaysia: a mixed mode study protocol
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of mobile SMS based counselling intervention in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of HIV/AIDS patients enrolled in hospitals/NGOs in Terengganu, Malaysia: a mixed mode study protocol
title_sort effectiveness of mobile sms based counselling intervention in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of hiv/aids patients enrolled in hospitals/ngos in terengganu, malaysia: a mixed mode study protocol
publisher BMC
series BMC Public Health
issn 1471-2458
publishDate 2020-05-01
description Abstract Background HIV/AIDS is one of the most serious problems in many parts of the world, and is a high priority for health managers and decision-makers. The aim of the qualitative part of this study will be to develop a mobile SMS (short messaging services) counselling intervention to prevent HIV/AIDS, while the quantitative part will be to test the effectiveness of a mobile SMS counselling intervention to improve the knowledge, attitude, and practices of patients concerning the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Method A mixed methods approach will be used. Qualitative part: Design: focus group discussions (FGDs) will be conducted. Setting: Hospital/NGOs in Terengganu, Malaysia. Participants: Three FGDs will be conducted with male and female HIV/AIDS patients, and one group of local community leaders. One FGD will be conducted for each group. Three in-depth interviews (IDIs) will be conducted with patients who had HIV/AIDS, of which one will be female. Quantitative part: Design: a cluster randomized clinical trial with 384 HIV/AIDS patients in Terengganu, Malaysia. Intervention: Mobile SMS counselling intervention for patients concerning the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Results The main outcomes of this study will be the differences in knowledge, attitude, and practices of patients concerning the prevention of HIV/AIDS between the baseline and immediate follow-up after the intervention, and after 3 months. Conclusions The mobile based SMS counselling intervention developed will be effective in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of patients concerning HIV/AIDS prevention in Terengganu, Malaysia. Trial registration Thai Clinical Trials Registry, TCTR20200212001 ; 7/02/2020.
topic HIV/AIDS
SMS
Mobile
Counselling intervention
Malaysia
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-08910-3
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