Participación y atrición en proyectos de investigación del VIH/SIDA: Una Experiencia puertorriqueña

• Calderón-Soto, Jaime ^[1] ; Méndez, Milagros A. ^[1] ; Ortíz-Torres, Blanca ^[1] ; Serrano-García, Irma ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Puerto Rico System

     University of Puerto Rico System

     Puerto Rico

     
• Localización: Revista Puertorriqueña de Psicología, ISSN-e 1946-2026, Vol. 14, Nº. 1, 2003, págs. 211-237
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Participation and attrition in research of HIV / AIDS: A Puerto Rican Experience
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  • In Puerto Rico, it is difficult to get people to participate on research projects. This study presents data based on a 12 session intervention, that took place between 1997 and 1999 with HIV+ homosexual gay men (n=50). Thirty four percent of the participants did not attend the intervention, 36% attended partially, and 30% attended all sessions. The participants´ age and the duration of the intervention were associated with attendance to the groups. Younger partipants attended to less sessions than older partipants. The shorter version of the intervention had a better attendance than the longer version. Some of the obstacles that impeded people to attend the intervention were: health conditions, side effects of the medication, weather conditions, and logistics to get to the meeting place.