Daily Short Message Service Surveys to Measure Sexual Behavior and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use Among Kenyan Men and Women
Initiatives
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a novel HIV prevention strategy which requires high adherence. The study tested the use of daily short message service (i.e., SMS/text message) surveys to measure sexual behavior and PrEP adherence in Kenya.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2011
- End Year
- 2008
- Funding
- The National Institutes of Health (R21 NR012663) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Grant OPP47674) provided financial support for this study. KC was a scholar in the International AIDS Research and Training Program, supported by the Fogarty International Center (D43 TW000007), and in the University of Washington STD/AIDS Research Training Program (T32 AI007140).
Design
- Study design
- Clinical trial cohort
Marker Paper
Curran K, Mugo NR, Kurth A, et al. Daily short message service surveys to measure sexual behavior and pre-exposure prophylaxis use among Kenyan men and women. AIDS Behav. 2013;17(9):2977‐2985. doi:10.1007/s10461-013-0510-4
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 96
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
HIV-uninfected adult
Ninety-six HIV-uninfected adult individuals, taking daily oral PrEP in a clinical trial, received daily SMS surveys for 60 days.
Selection Criteria
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Kenya
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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- HIV-uninfected adult
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 96
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
At enrollment, after eligibility was confirmed and participants were trained on SMS study questions and procedures, participants selected a time for survey delivery (8:00, 12:00, or 20:00), language (English, Kiswahili, or Kikuyu), and an alpha or numeric password <8 digits. Participants then completed a practice survey on their phone. Surveys were automated to send daily for 60 days.
- Start Date
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2011-12
- End Date
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2012-04
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Mobile phone
- Smartphone
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Mobile data collection