V1 - Wellbeing of Black African women over 50 living with HIV
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Current and future wellbeing of Black African women over 50 living with HIV
IRAS ID
294196
Contact name
Rebecca Conway
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Royal Holloway, University of London
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 10 months, 2 days
Research summary
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) causes damage to a person’s immune system, potentially shortening their lifespan. However, increasing numbers of people diagnosed with HIV are now growing older, since Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) was discovered and made more widely available. Despite this, HIV still negatively impacts different areas of wellbeing, which include physical and mental health, relationships and spirituality. Because of increasing numbers of people living with HIV growing to 50 years and over, some research has looked at how wellbeing is affected. However, this research has mainly included white men or women rather than Black African women, who represent a large proportion of UK HIV diagnoses.
This proposed qualitative research is therefore important, as it specifically considers the views of Black African women living with HIV. The research also aims to understand how HIV services could better meet the specific wellbeing-needs of Black African women over 50. The proposed study will recruit participants who identify as female and Black African, over the age of 50 years who have been living with HIV for at least 5 years. The research will address the question: how do Black African women over 50 living with HIV view their current and future wellbeing?
Participants will be recruited from specialist NHS HIV clinic sites in West London, where they receive medical and/or psychological treatment for HIV. Participants will be invited to attend one interview, lasting approximately 60-90 minutes, where they will be asked about their current and future wellbeing needs. They will also be asked to complete 3 questionnaires: 1. Demographic and basic HIV information, 2. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), which asks about current mental health in relation to depression and 3. The Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7), which asks questions about anxiety. Interviews are proposed to run from August 2021 to March 2022.REC name
London - Westminster Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/LO/0332
Date of REC Opinion
7 Jun 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion