Booklet for knowledge and prevention of HIV mother-to-child transmission: a pilot study of a randomized clinical trial*

Ana Carolina Maria Araújo Chagas Costa Lima, Sadrine Maria Eufrasino de Pinho, Sabrina Alapenha Ferro Chaves Costa Lima, Anne Fayma Lopes Chaves, Camila Moreira Teixeira Vasconcelos, Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá

To test the effectiveness of the booklet, compared to the usual service care, in the increase of the knowledge of pregnant/puerperal women living with HIV, for the prevention of HIV-VT. Pilot study of a randomized controlled clinical trial, initially with 104 pregnant women living with HIV, with a final sample of 45 women. It was held in three public maternity hospitals in Fortaleza-CE, from January/2017 to May/2018. The control group received regular care from the service and the intervention group had access to the booklet as an additive. The research was carried out in three phases: baseline; evaluation 2, in prenatal care; and evaluation 3, in the postpartum period. There was no intergroup difference in the women's mean knowledge score (short-term p = 0.473; long-term p = 0.151). However, in the intragroup analysis, the booklet proved to be effective in improving the pregnant women's knowledge in the intervention group, in the short term (p = 0.002) and long term (p = 0.033). There was an improvement in knowledge within the intervention group over time, but there was no difference in women's knowledge in the intergroup analysis. Thus, based on this pilot, a broader study on the use of booklet is required to prove its effectiveness (ReBEC: UTN: U1111-1191-9954).