Effectiveness of a peer-led adolescent mental health intervention on HIV virological suppression and mental health in Zimbabwe: data collection documents

Simms, V. 2021. Effectiveness of a peer-led adolescent mental health intervention on HIV virological suppression and mental health in Zimbabwe: data collection documents. [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002312.

Simms, V. Effectiveness of a peer-led adolescent mental health intervention on HIV virological suppression and mental health in Zimbabwe: data collection documents [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2021. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002312.

Simms, V (2021). Effectiveness of a peer-led adolescent mental health intervention on HIV virological suppression and mental health in Zimbabwe: data collection documents. [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002312.

Description

In Zimbabwe, the Zvandiri adolescent peer-support programme is effective at improving virological suppression. We assessed the effect of training Zvandiri peer-counsellors known as Community Adolescent Treatment Supporters (CATS) in problem-solving therapy (PST) on virological suppression and mental health outcomes. Sixty clinics were randomised 1:1 to either normal Zvandiri peer-counselling or a peer-counsellor trained in problem solving therapy. We enrolled on average 14 adolescents per clinic (N=842) aged 10-19 years, living with HIV who screened positive for common mental disorders. The primary outcome was virological non-suppression (viral load ≥1000 copies/mL) one year post-enrolment. Secondary outcomes were symptoms of common mental disorders measured with the Shona Symptom Questionnaire (SSQ≥8) and depression measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9≥10), and health utility score using the EQ-5D. This collection contains questionnaires and other documentation used for data collection.

Methods

Data capture method

Questionnaire

Data Collection Period

From	To
2 January 2019	26 February 2020

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

8 July 2021

Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade)

North Latitude	East Longitude	South Latitude	West Longitude
-16.6805	33.5707	-22.221	26.407

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Simms, V
Associated roles	Chinoda, S (Data Manager), Chibanda, D (Principal Investigator) and Willis, N (Principal Investigator)
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Research Group	International Statistics and Epidemiology Group
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Friendship Bench, Zimbabwe, Africaid, Harare, Zimbabwe

Projects

Funders

Project	Funder	Grant Number	Funder URI
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 (ALHIV Adherence - Mental Health)	Children's International Fund Foundation	G-1710-02137	https://ciff.org/