Effectiveness of a peer-led adolescent mental health intervention on HIV virological suppression and mental health in Zimbabwe: Baseline and Endline questionnaires

Permanent identifier

https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002142

Data description

Adolescents living with HIV have poor virological suppression and high levels of common mental disorders. In Zimbabwe the Zvandiri adolescent peer support programme is effective at improving ART adherence and virological suppression. We assessed the effect of training peer supporters in problem-solving therapy (PST) using a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Sixty clinics stratified by district were randomised 1:1 to either normal Zvandiri peer support or a peer supporter trained in PST by Friendship Bench. We enrolled 842 adolescents aged 11-19. The primary outcome was virological non-suppression, defined as viral load ≥1000 copies. Secondary outcomes were symptoms of common mental disorder measured with the Shona Symptom Questionnaire (SSQ, cutpoint 8/14) and depression measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9, cutpoint 10/27), and health utility score using the EQ-5D (range 0-1, cutpoint 1). Analysis was at the individual level with a random effect for clustering. Case reviews and focus group discussions were used for qualitative analysis to determine feasibility.

Geographic regions

Zimbabwe

Key dates

29 March 2021

Keywords

HIV, Adolescent, Mental health

Language of written material

English

Project information

Project title Funder name Funder ID
Operations research to measure the effectiveness of a peer-led mental health intervention on virological suppression and mental health among adolescents with HIV in Zimbabwe Children's Investment Fund Foundation Unstated

Data creators

Forename Surname Faculty / Dept Institution Role
Victoria Simms Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health / Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Data Creator
Silindweyinkosi Chinoda   Friendship Bench Data Creator

Associated roles

Forename Surname Faculty / Dept Institution Role
Nicola Willis   Africaid Principal Investigator
Dixon Chibanda     Principal Investigator
Helen Weiss Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health / Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Co-investigator

File description

Filename Description Access status Licence
CIFF_Baseline_survey_non-disclosed Baseline Case Report Form for participants who do not know they are living with HIV Open Creative Commons Attribution (CCBY)
CIFF_Baseline_survey_disclosed Baseline Case Report Form for participants who know they are living with HIV Open Creative Commons Attribution (CCBY)
CIFF_Endline_questionnaire Endline questionnaire for study participants (Disclosed/Non-Disclosed) Open Creative Commons Attribution (CCBY)