10.17037/DATA.117
This study was done to determine the effectiveness of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Senegalese children up to 10 years of age using a stepped-wedge design. Outcomes included mortality, malaria cases treated as outpatients, severe malaria, and the prevalence of parasitaemia and anaemia, and adverse drug reactions. 54 health posts were randomized. 9 started implementation of SMC in 2008, 18 in 2009, and a further 18 in 2010, with 9 remaining as controls. In the first year of implementation SMC was delivered to children aged 3-59 months, the age range was then extended for the latter two years of the study to include children up to 10 years of age.
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| Variable Name | Variable Label | Answer Label | Answer Code | Variable Type |
| y | Year | Open ended | Numeric | |
| agegp | Participant age group | Numeric | ||
| Under 5 years | 1 | |||
| 5 to 9 years | 2 | |||
| 10 to 19yrs | 3 | |||
| 20 or more years | 4 | |||
| mal1 | Number of confirmed rdt positive | Open ended | Numeric | |
| mal2 | Number of confirmed rdt positive plus those not tested who had diagnosis of clinical malaria | Open ended | Numeric | |
| mal3 | Number of confirmed rdt positive plus those not tested who had diagnosis of clinical malaria or were treated for malaria | Open ended | Numeric | |
| zone | Zone number. Indicates a group of health posts, as described in the paper | 1 to 6 | Numeric | |
| hpid_z | Health post ID | Open ended | Numeric | |
| psp | indicator variable for SMC in <10yrs | Numeric | ||
| 1 | age<10 and SMC implemented | |||
| 0 | Does not meet above criteria | |||
| psp_ind5 | As psp_ind but only for year when SMC was limited to participants under 5 | Numeric | ||
| 1 | SMC implemented and limited to participants under 5 | |||
| 0 | Does not meet above criteria | |||
| psp_ind | indicates indirect effect of SMC | Numeric | ||
| 1 | SMC implemented and age not eligible for SMC | |||
| 0 | Does not meet above criteria | |||
| pop | Population size | Open ended | Numeric | |
| psp1 | smc indicator for children 3-59 months of age | Numeric | ||
| 1 | SMC | |||
| 0 | No SMC | |||
| psp2 | smc indicator for children 5-9yrs of age | Numeric | ||
| 1 | SMC | |||
| 0 | No SMC |
| Variable Name | Variable Label | Answer Label | Answer Code | Variable Type |
| ptime | person time in days | Numeric | ||
| nf | no of deaths | Numeric | ||
| hpid | Health Facility ID | Numeric | ||
| zone | zone (see paper) | Numeric | ||
| agp | age group | Numeric | ||
| 0-3 months | 1 | |||
| 3-59 months | 2 | |||
| 5-9yrs | 3 | |||
| smc1 | indicator variable for smc | Numeric | ||
| 1 | Child is within 3-59 months age range | |||
| 0 | Child is not within defined age range | |||
| smc2 | indicator variable for smc | Numeric | ||
| 1 | Child is with 5-9 years age range | |||
| 0 | Child is not within defined age range | |||
| smc | indicator variable for receipt of smc | 1 = 0 = otherwise | Numeric | |
| 1 | if eligible for SMC based on age group, and calendar time is period within 1 month following an SMC campaign | |||
| 0 | Otherwise | |||
| seas | transmission period | Numeric | ||
| 1 | SMC intervention period | |||
| 0 | Other times of year | |||
| y | year | Numeric | ||
| py1000 | thousands of person years | Numeric |