The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the VIP-HANA application (app) for improving symptom burden in a randomized control trial of 100 people living with HIV (PLWH) who have non-AIDS conditions associated with HIV. The intervention group received the VIP-HANA app which allowed them to report their symptoms every week and receive self-management strategies tailored to their symptoms. The control arm received an app to report their symptoms every week but did not receive any strategies. The results of our study suggest that symptom burden improved in the participants of both study arms. Although these findings do not support the efficacy of VIP-HANA in improving symptom burden in PLWH who have HIV-associated non-AIDS (HANA) conditions, this could be a function of the study design. Findings suggest that PLWH are interested in monitoring their symptoms, which could have implications for the wider use of digital health for patient surveillance.

本研究的目的是评估 VIP-HANA 应用程序 (app) 在一项随机对照试验中改善症状负担的效果，该试验对 100 名患有与 HIV 相关的非艾滋病疾病的 HIV 感染者 (PLWH) 进行了随机对照试验。干预组收到了 VIP-HANA 应用程序，该应用程序允许他们每周报告他们的症状，并接受针对他们的症状量身定制的自我管理策略。对照组每周收到一个应用程序来报告他们的症状，但没有收到任何策略。我们的研究结果表明，两个研究组的参与者的症状负担都有所改善。尽管这些发现不支持 VIP-HANA 在改善 HIV 相关非艾滋病 (HANA) 状况的 PLWH 症状负担方面的功效，但这可能是研究设计的一个功能。