Planning, Implementing and Evaluating the Impact of an Empowerment Program Based on Information, Motivation and Behavioral Skills (IMB) Model on Adherence to Treatment Regimen Patients with positive HIV in the Behavioral Disease Counseling Center

Determination of the Impact of an Empowerment Program Based on Information, Motivation and Behavioral Skills (IMB) Model on Adherence to Treatment Regimen Patients with Positive HIV in the Behavioral Disease Counseling Center

Clinical trial is double blind, randomized with intervention and control groups. Using random number table, we select the 3 digits on the left side of the table, which are smaller than 122, and assign them one by one to the intervention and control groups.

There is a Behavioral Diseases Counseling Center in Kerman city for HIV positive patients. We use two qualitative and quantitative methods. First, we conduct the qualitative method using face-to-face interview until saturation point. In quantitative method, using the allocation of people to the two groups A and B, we randomly place the patients in two groups. Educational interventions used in the group are scenario, group discussion and posters. Men and women sessions will be held separately for at least 20 training sessions in parks, sports club and Behvarzi institute. Participants are not aware of the allocation of people in each group as well as the educational intervention, and the evaluators and the data monitoring committee are not aware too.

Inclusion criteria People over the age of 18 HIV Positive Antiviral drugs used for 6 months Willingness to participate in the study Exclusion criteria They have severe motor disabilities They don’t have reading and writing skills

Intervention group:" Educational intervention based on information, motivation and behavioral skills model. Using group discussion, scenario, projection, and practical demonstration. "Control group:" routine care

Adherence to the diet; Adherence to the drug regimen Adherence to the motor program; CD4

The researcher used a simple randomized method. The random unit is HIV positive patients. The instrument is through allocating two groups of A and B In the random sequence, first we use the convenience sampling method. The questionnaire is completed for all people referring to the Behavioral Disease Counseling Center on different days of the week until the sample size is reached. Codes of 1 to 122 are considered for each questionnaire. In the next step, we will consider two groups of A and B, then we put the even numbers in group A and the odd numbers in group B, and finally we will consider the intervention and control groups. Hiding random allocation: In this method, without knowing the names of the two groups, after the individuals are assigned to both groups, a group is called the intervention and the other is called control group.

The researcher does not inform the participants of the number of individuals, individual characteristics and intervention in each group, which makes all those involved in the study think that all participants receive intervention, although some do not receive it. In our study, only the researcher knows the allocation of the two groups, but the participants, evaluators and the data monitoring committee are not aware of the type of assigned intervention. Another useful way is that the evaluator is selected from outside the treatment team. Given that the researcher is aware of the type of intervention devoted to the participants in the study, this awareness cannot affect the data analysis.

HIV patients were reluctant to share data