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.
[Dataset].
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
10.17037/DATA.00001515.
(2021).
Friendship Bench trial: lay worker training in problem-solving therapy to reduce symptoms of common mental disorders.
[Dataset].
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
10.17037/DATA.00001515.
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.
Keywords
Mental health and psychiatry; Zimbabwe; Suicidal ideation| Item Type | Dataset |
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| Resource Type |
Resource Type Resource Description Dataset Quantitative |
| 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. |
| Capture method | Questionnaire: Fixed form |
| Collection Period |
From To 1 September 2014 25 May 2015 |
| Date | 5 February 2021 |
| Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade) |
North East South West -17.7151 31.264 -17.9857 30.8966 |
| Language(s) of written materials | English, Shona |
| Creator(s) |
Simms, V
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| 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 |
| Funders |
Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI Friendship Bench cluster-randomised trial KCU-0087-042 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004828 |
| Date Deposited | 15 Feb 2021 12:39 |
| Last Modified | 30 Jul 2026 09:01 |
| Publisher | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
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Data / Code
FB_dataset.txt
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subject - Data
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lock - Restricted to Request access for all
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copyright - Available under Data Sharing Agreement
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info - Friendship Bench dataset - see codebook for information
description - text/plain
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FB_suicidal_ideation_dataset.txt
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subject - Data
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lock - Restricted to Request access for all
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copyright - Available under Data Sharing Agreement
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info - Friendship Bench Suicidal Ideation dataset
description - text/plain
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Documentation
FB_dataset_codebook.html
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subject - Documentation
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- Available under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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info - Friendship Bench dataset codebook
html - text/html
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- 135kB
FB_suicidal_ideation_codebook.html
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subject - Documentation
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- Available under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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info - Friendship Bench Suicidal Ideation dataset (FB_suicidality_interventionarm)
html - text/html
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- 11kB
Study Instrument
Shona_Symptom_Questionnaire.html
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subject - Study Instrument
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- Available under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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info - Shona Symptom Questionnaire
html - text/html
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