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Impact of an Asha intervention on depressive symptoms among rural women living with AIDS in India : comparison of the Asha-Life and Usual Care program . The purpose of this randomized pilot study is to conduct an intervention with 68 rural women living with AIDS to compare the effectiveness of two different programs on depressive symptoms . The trial was designed to assess the impact of the Asha-Life intervention engaging with an HIV-trained village woman , Asha ( Accredited Social Health Activist ) , to participate in the care of women living with AIDS ( WLA ) , along with other health care providers compared to a Usual Care group . Two high prevalence HIV/AIDS villages in rural Andhra Pradesh , which were demographically alike and served by distinct Public Health Centers , were selected randomly from a total of 16 villages . The findings of this study demonstrated that the Asha-Life participants significantly reduced their depressive symptom scores compared to the Usual Care participants . Moreover , women living with AIDS who demonstrated higher depressive symptom scores at baseline had greater reduction in their depressive symptoms than women with lower scores .
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Intervention_Educational
Asha intervention
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Intervention_Educational
Asha-Life and Usual Care program
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Intervention_Educational
Asha-Life intervention
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Intervention_Educational
Asha ( Accredited Social Health Activist )
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Intervention_Educational
Usual Care group
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Intervention_Educational
Asha-Life
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
depressive symptoms
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Outcome_Physical
significantly reduced
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Outcome_Physical
depressive symptom scores
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Outcome_Physical
depressive symptom scores
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Outcome_Physical
depressive symptoms
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Participant_Sex
women
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Participant_Condition
living with AIDS in India
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Participant_Sample-size
68
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Participant_Sex
women
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Participant_Condition
living with AIDS
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Participant_Sex
women
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Participant_Condition
living with AIDS