Data from a cluster randomized trial in Uganda concerning the management of fever cases in public health facilities – Data codebook

Persistent identifier

10.17037/DATA.121

Description

Data used in a publication that looked at improving the management of fever cases in a cluster-randomized trial in Public Health Facilities in Tororo, Uganda. This study was part of the PRIME study, which was part of the ACT Consortium.

Data Codebook

prime_pei_individual

Variable name Variable description Answer code Answer label Variable type
stdhcc Std Health Center Code 1 to 20 Open ended Numeric
intervention Intervention Group     Numeric
    0 Control  
    1 Intervention (HFI)  
stratum Stratum: HC level     Numeric
    0 Level II health centre  
    1 Level III health centre  
diagtest_outcome Cluster-specific proportion who had RDT done at clinic   Open ended Numeric
acttx Cluster-specific proportion who were prescribed an ACT at clinic   Open ended Numeric
anyantibiotic Cluster-specific proportion who were prescribed any antibiotic at clinic   Open ended Numeric
posnoact Cluster-specific proportion for RDT+ not receiving ACT   Open ended Numeric
negact Cluster-specific proportion for RDT- receiving ACT   Open ended Numeric
inappact Cluster-specific proportion for inappropriate ACT prescription (primary outcome)   Open ended Numeric
posamnoact Cluster-specific proportion for RDT+ receiving an AM but no ACT   Open ended Numeric
posnoam Cluster-specific proportion for RDT+ not receiving AM treatment   Open ended Numeric
N Number of health workers (HWs)   Open ended Numeric
fcm Cluster-specific proportion of HWs who received fever case management training   Open ended Numeric
gender Cluster-specific proportion male HWs   Open ended Numeric
hwlengthhc Cluster-specific mean HW length of time at health centre   Open ended Numeric
age Cluster-specific mean HW age   Open ended Numeric
casemgtscore Cluster-specific mean HW score for confidence in malaria case management   Open ended Numeric

prime_pei_cluster

Variable name Variable description Answer code Answer label Variable type
round Survey round 1 to 3 Open ended Numeric
stdhcc Std Health Center Code 1 to 20 Open ended Numeric
intervention Intervention Group     Numeric
    0 Control  
    1 Intervention (HFI)  
stratum Stratum: HC level     Numeric
    0 Level II health centre
    1 Level II health centre
age Child Age(yrs)   Open ended Numeric
gender Child Gender     Numeric
    1 Male  
    2 Female  
pcage Caregiver age   Open ended Numeric
pcgender Caregiver Gender     Numeric
    1 Male  
    2 Female  
diagtest_outcome Was RDT done at clinic?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
    . Not completed  
testresult If RDT done at clinic, what was result?     Numeric
    1 Positive  
    2 Negative  
    88 Don't know  
    99 Refused  
    . Not completed  
trtpan Was panadol prescribed?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
trtqnn Was quinine prescribed?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
    . Not completed  
trtamox Was amoxicillin prescribed?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
    . Not completed  
trtsep Was septrin (trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole) prescribed?   Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
    . Not completed  
amtx Child was prescribed an antimalarial at clinic     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
    . Not completed  
acttx Child was prescribed an ACT at clinic     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
    . Not completed  
anthelminthic Was anthelminthic prescribed?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
zinc Was zinc prescribed?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
multivitamin Was multivitamin prescribed?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
eyeoint Was eye ointment prescribed?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
piriton Was piriton prescribed?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
antifungal Was antifungal prescribed?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
other Was other treatment prescribed?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
anyantibiotic Was any antibiotic prescribed?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
anyantimicrobial Was any antimicrobial prescribed?     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
total_drug Total number of drugs prescribed 0-5 Open ended Numeric
totalantimicrobial Total number of antimicrobial drugs prescribed 0-4 Open ended Numeric
fever_final Fever or reported history of fever (last 48h)     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
rdtprime RDT performed by PRIME (=Suspected malaria)     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
pRDT PRIME RDT result binary     Numeric
    0 Negative  
    1 Positive  
    . Not completed  
inappact Inappropriate ACT Trt     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
    . Not completed  
negact RDT- receiving ACT     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
    . Not completed  
posnoact RDT+ not receiving ACT treatment     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
    . Not completed  
posnoam RDT+ not receiving AM treatment     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
    . Not completed  
posamnoact RDT+ receiving an AM but no ACT     Numeric
    0 No  
    1 Yes  
    . Not completed