The Use of Mobile Phones to Deliver Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Prevention of Mother Child HIV Transmission in Nigeria

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorIshola, Adeyinka
dc.contributor.authorChipps, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T09:45:00Z
dc.date.available2017-05-11T09:45:00Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to determine if introducing acceptance and commitment therapy in the prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programme using weekly mobile phone messages would result in improved mental health status of HIV-positive, pregnant women in Nigeria. We used a Solomon four-group (two intervention and two control groups) randomised design. The study population was 144 randomly selected, HIV-positive pregnant women attending four randomly selected PMTCT centres in Nigeria. The intervention groups were exposed to one session of acceptance and commitment therapy with weekly value-based health messages sent by mobile phone for three months during pregnancy. The control groups received only post-HIV test counselling. A total of 132 participants (33 per site) were enrolled in the study from the two intervention and two control sites. In the pre-tests, the intervention and control groups did not differ significantly with regard to demographics. Evaluation of the pre- and post-tests of the intervention group indicated significantly higher Action and Acceptance Questionnaire (AAQ-II) scores. The introduction of a mobile phone acceptance and commitment therapy programme may result in greater psychological flexibility in women diagnosed with HIV.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationIshola, A. & Chipps, J. (2015). The Use of Mobile Phone to Deliver Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Prevention of Mother Child HIV Transmission in Nigeria, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 21 (8): 423-426en_US
dc.identifier.issn1357-633X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2835
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.rightsPublisher retains copyright. Authors may archive the published version in their Institutional Repository.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1357633X15605408
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectAcceptance and Commitment Therapyen_US
dc.subjectMobile phonesen_US
dc.subjectMother-child HIV transmissionen_US
dc.subjectPregnancyen_US
dc.titleThe Use of Mobile Phones to Deliver Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Prevention of Mother Child HIV Transmission in Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Ishola_Theuseofmobilephones_2015.pdf
Size:
1.36 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.55 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Research Articles (School of Nursing)