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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2014 Sep 18;39(2):256–268. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.09.002

Table 1.

Study Activity and Measures

Study Activity Study Time Point in Months from Day of Release from Incarceration

−3 −1
week
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Study Activity
 Screening for Eligibility ×

 Medical Chart Review ×

 Randomization ×

 Injection and Clinical
 Interview
× × × × × ×

 Research Interview × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×

Demographic Information
 Demographic Questions* ×

 Housing Questions* × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×

Health Care Status
 HIV quality of life (SF-12)*
 [71]
× × × × ×

 Current Medications × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×

 Prescription Refill × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×

 Prison Medical Record
 (Medication, cART regimen,
 HCV antibody, medication
 allergies)
×

 Visual Analog Scale [51] × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×

 Previous Experience with
 Alcohol and Drug Treatment
×

Mental Health
 Mini International
 Neuropsychiatric Interview
 (MINI)* [72-74]
×

 Correctional Medical Record
 Diagnoses
×

 Brief Symptom Inventory-18
 (BSI-18) [75-77]
× × × × ×

Drug and Alcohol Use
 Rapid Opioid Dependence
 Screen [43]
×

 Addiction Severity Index Lite*
 [78-80]
× × × × ×

 Drug Urine Toxicology
 Screening
× × × × × × × × × × × × × ×

 Alcohol Use Disorder
 Identification Test* [54, 81-82]
×

 Timeline Recall [83, 84] × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×

 Opioid Craving × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×

 DSM-IV Criteria using MINI
 [73]
×

 Blood Alcohol Content via
 Breathalyzer
× × × × × × × × × × × × ×

HIV Risk Behaviors
 Sexual Risk Behaviors* [85] × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×

HIV Biological Outcome
Measures
 HIV-1 RNA level* × × × × ×

 CD4 Count* × × × × ×

 HIV genotype* × ×

Other Laboratory Tests
 Liver Function Tests (AST,
 ALT)
× × × × × × ×

 Renal Function Tests (BUN,
 Creatinine)
× × × × × × ×

Side Effects
 Systemic Assessment for
 Treatment Emergent Effects
 Intervention (SAFTEE) [44,
86]
× × × × × × ×

Payments
 Research Interviews** $20 $20 $20 $20 $40 $20 $20 $40 $30 $30 $60 $30 $30 $60

 Clinical Interviews** $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10
*

Seek, Test, Treat & Retain Harmonized measure

**

Payment for interviews completed in the correctional facilities were paid after release.

Legend: cART=combination antiretroviral therapy; CJS=criminal justice system; ALT=alanine aminotransferase; AST=aspartate aminotransferase; BUN=blood urine nitrogen