BILHIV Genital Self-Sampling Dataset Codebook

Permanent Identifier:

https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001777

Description

This dataset contains demographic characteristics and laboratory results of 603 study participants. Each row refers to a study participant with a unique study ID number. It accompanies a 2020 Plos NTD publication titled "Genital Self-Sampling Compared with Cervicovaginal Lavage for the Diagnosis of Female Genital Schistosomiasis in Zambian Women: the BILHIV Study".

Codebook

The dataset contains the following variables:

Label Description Measurement type Value Value description
BILID1 Participant ID number Integer   Unique ID
cturine urine PCR results in cycle thresholds Integer    
ct_sch_l cervicovaginal lavage pcr results in cycle thresholds Integer    
ct_sch_cs cervical swab PCR results in cycle thresholds Integer    
ct_sch_vs vaginal swab PCR results in cycle thresholds Integer    
pcrurine binary variable for urine pcr Integer    
      0 Negative
      1 Positive
PCRCVL binary variable for cervicovaginal lavage pcr Integer    
      0 Negative
      1 Positive
PCRVS binary variable for vaginal self swab Integer    
      0 Negative
      1 Positive
PCRCS binary variable for cervical self swab Integer    
      0 Negative
      1 Positive
district Participant recruited in community A or Community B Integer    
      1 Community A
      2 Community B
DEMAGE1 Participant age Integer    
MARST Participant marital status Integer    
      1 Single
      2 Married or living as married
      3 Divorced/separated
      4 Widowed
DEMEMP Is participant currently working? Integer    
      0 No
      1 Yes
HADBILZ Have you ever been told before that you have had schistosomiasis or bilharzia? Integer    
      0 No
      1 Yes
      2 Maybe - I don't know or I can't remember
TXBILZ Have you ever been treated for schistosomiasis or bilharzia with praziquantel? Integer    
      0 No
      1 Yes
      2 Maybe - I don't know or I can't remember
micropos binary variable for urine microscopy Integer    
      0 Negative
      1 Positive
CAAbinary binary variable for urine CAA Integer    
      0 Negative
      1 Positive
pgml CAA results in pgml Integer    
micro1 egg count on slide 1 Integer    
         
EDU1 Participant level of education? Integer    
      0 No schooling
      1 Any primary school
      3 Any secondary school
      5 Trade/technical training with or without certificate/diploma
      6 Degree or higher
CH20USE1 As a child did you regularly go into (ie swimming, bathing) or use (ie washing, cooking) fresh water outdoors (river, stream, swamp, lake, etc)? Integer    
      0 None
      4 At least weekly
      6 Every 1-2 months
      8 Every 6-12 months
H20USE1 Do you currently, regularly go into (ie swimming, bathing) or use (ie washing, cooking) fresh water outdoors (river, stream, swamp, lake, etc)? Integer    
      0 None
      4 At least weekly
      6 Every 1-2 months
      8 Every 6-12 months