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A Study to Understand Attitudes Towards Hepatitis Viral Load Testing that Could Impact Testing Rates

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Información sobre este estudio

The purpose of this study is to understand if there are race-specific or other demographic-specific attitudes about voluntary testing for hepatitis B and C virus infection and return of individual research results that could have implication for an individual's risk of developing hepatitis-related liver cancer. Understanding these attitudes is a necessary first step to developing effective intervention strategies for liver cancer prevention.

Elegibilidad para la participación

Los requisitos de elegibilidad de los participantes incluyen la edad, el sexo, el tipo y el estadio de la enfermedad, y los problemas de salud o tratamientos previos. Las pautas difieren de un estudio a otro e identifican quiénes pueden o no pueden participar. No hay garantía de que cada persona elegible que desee participar en un ensayo se inscribirá. Comunícate con el equipo del estudio para analizar la elegibilidad del estudio y la posible participación.

Inclusion Criteria:

Individuals will be included from the study if they:

  1. Self-identify their race as African American (Black born in the United States) or European American (non-Hispanic White)
  2. Are between the ages 18 and 75 years
  3. Have never being diagnosed with any type of cancer, except non-malignant skin cancer
  4. Able to read and comprehend at a sixth-grade level
  5. Speak English as their first language
  6. Are compos-mentis—of sound mind, memory, and understanding as evaluated by recruitment staff

Exclusion Criteria:

A prospective participant will be excluded from the study of if he or she:

  1. Is currently institutionalized (e.g. nursing home or prison) 
  2. Has been tested or treated for hepatitis B or C infection within the last 5 years 
  3. Is in a physically debilitating state that would preclude active participation in a focus group discussion (e.g., unable to seat for 90-120 minutes, in constant pain, or experiences frequent anxiety or panic attacks in group settings).

 

Sedes participantes de Mayo Clinic

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Sede de Mayo Clinic Estatus

Jacksonville, Fla.

Investigador principal de Mayo Clinic

Samuel Antwi, Ph.D.

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CLS-20425282

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