Friendship Bench trial: lay worker training in problem-solving therapy to reduce symptoms of common mental disorders

Simms, V. 2021. Friendship Bench trial: lay worker training in problem-solving therapy to reduce symptoms of common mental disorders. [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001515.

Simms, V. Friendship Bench trial: lay worker training in problem-solving therapy to reduce symptoms of common mental disorders [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2021. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001515.

Simms, V (2021). Friendship Bench trial: lay worker training in problem-solving therapy to reduce symptoms of common mental disorders. [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001515.

Description

The Friendship Bench trial was a cluster-randomised trial to investigate the effect of problem-solving therapy training for lay workers on symptoms of common mental disorders among clinic attenders in Harare, Zimbabwe. 12 primary care clinics in Harare were randomised 1:1 to intervention or control. In each clinic, 24 participants were enrolled who were: visiting the clinic (either for their own health needs or accompanying someone else); aged 18 or over; living locally; and screened positive for common mental disorder symptoms. Outcomes were measured after 6 months. 86% of participants were women, 42% were HIV positive and 91% completed follow-up. This submission contains data and associated questionnaires produced during the trial.

Methods

Description of data capture

Research assistants completed a fixed form questionnaire, usually in person, at baseline and after 6 months. A small number of interviews were completed by phone.

Data capture method

Questionnaire: Fixed form

Data Collection Period

From	To
1 September 2014	25 May 2015

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

5 February 2021

Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade)

North Latitude	East Longitude	South Latitude	West Longitude
-17.7151	31.264	-17.9857	30.8966

Language(s) of written materials

English, Shona

People & Groups

Data Creators	Simms, V
Associated roles	Simms, V (Co-Investigator), Chibanda, D (Principal Investigator), Munjoma, R (Data Manager), Abas, M (Co-Investigator), Araya, R (Co-Investigator), Weiss, H (Co-Investigator) and Chingono, A (Co-Investigator)
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology (-2023)
Research Centre	Centre for Global Mental Health International Statistics and Epidemiology Group
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention Project, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe