HIV stigma survey reveals hidden burdens in rural uganda
NCT ID NCT06969690
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how people living with HIV in rural Uganda experience stigma, including feelings of shame, loss of self-respect, and mistreatment by others. Researchers surveyed 180 adults to understand these experiences better. The goal was to gather information, not to provide treatment.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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180 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: \- All HIV-positive (self-reported) adults who consider Nyakabare their primary place of residence and who are capable of providing consent Exclusion Criteria: * Minors younger than 18 years of age, with the exception of emancipated minors * Persons who do not consider Nyakabare Parish their primary place of residence, e.g. persons who happen to be visiting Nyakabare at the time of the survey or who own a home in Nyakabare but spend most of their time outside of the parish * Persons with psychosis, neurological damage, acute intoxication, or other cognitive impairment (all of which are determined informally in the field by non-clinical research staff in consultation with a supervisor) * Persons who are not HIV positive
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Mbarara, Uganda
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