Optimizing Resilience and Coping in HIV Via Internet Delivery

We will track participation in both the self-report questionnaires as well as the intervention sessions (e.g., number of ORCHID sessions completed, amount of home practice completed). We will carefully track usage - noting when participants who leave the study drop out to determine if there are particular sessions that are less acceptable than others.

We will track, for each participant who completes a screening questionnaire, where they heard about the study and the proportion who go on to enroll. We will track retention - noting when participants drop out to determine if particular sessions or activities result in less retention than other areas.

We will follow up with participants who have significant missing data to determine areas in which the protocol is feasible and to highlight areas for improvements. We will summarize participant feedback regarding the protocol and will use this feedback to inform the subsequent proposals.

To measure this outcome, we will first document if anyone declines participation due to the perceived burden of the Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) protocol. We will carefully document adherence to the protocol and the proportion of assessments that participants complete. In the follow-up interviews, we will have questions specific to the EMA protocol to elicit feedback and suggestions for improvement

To address Aim 3 (assess preliminary efficacy of ORCHID on psychological well-being), we will examine means on depression, positive and negative emotion, and perceived stress at each of the assessment points and compare the intervention and emotion reporting only control conditions. Given the small sample size, our analyses will be descriptive and exploratory.