Secondary data for a cluster-randomised trial of community-led delivery of HIV self-testing in Malawi (HIV Self-Testing Africa [STAR]) – Data codebook

Permanent identifier

https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003116

Description

The dataset was generated as part of a cluster-randomised trial, with group village heads as the unit of randomisation, of community-led delivery of HIV self-testing in Malawi. Endline data describe individual-level variables reported in an endline survey. These data underpin the mediation analysis for the trial.

Additional information

The study recognises its commitment to protect the confidentiality of participants and communities involved in the study and protect them from harm that may occur as a result of them being identified. Individual-level endline data have been set to restricted. Researchers wishing to gain access for research verification or reuse purposes are requested to contact the study team via the web form, outlining the purpose for which they wish to use the data and the variables requested, and subsequently asked to sign a Data Sharing Agreement.

Data capture method

Questionnaire: Fixed form - Web-based

Geographic region

Malawi

Key dates

Data collection period: 5 October 2018 30 March 2019
Completion date: 4 December 2020
Date of submission to repository: 5 October 2022

Population

Human population

Keywords

HIV self-testing, HIV testing, Community mobilization, Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Language of written material

English

Participating Institutions

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme

Project information

Title	Funder	Grant number	Other information
A Cluster Randomised Trial of Community-led Distribution of HIV Self-tests in Rural Malawi (HIV Self-Testing Africa [STAR])	UNITAID	PO#8477-0-600	Clinicaltrials.gov ID: NCT03541382

Roles

Forename	Surname	Faculty/department	Institution	Role
Pitchaya Peach	Indravudh	Faculty of Public Health and Policy / Department of Global Health and Development	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	Data creator
Liz	Corbett	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases / Department of Clinical Research	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	Principal Investigator

Endline data codebook

The following variables are contained within the ‘STAR_CL PE_Endline_Mediation’ dataset.

Variable name	Variable description	Answer code	Answer label	Variable type
individ	Participant ID			Numeric
hhid	Household ID			Numeric
gvhid	Cluster or group village head ID			Numeric
arm	Study arm			String
		Community-led HIVST	CL-HIVST (community-led HIV self-testing arm)
		SOC	standard of care arm
extended	Selected for extended module			String
			Yes
			No
test3mths	Tested in the last three months			String
			Yes
			No
stigma_com_score	Community HIV stigma score		5-15 (low to high stigma)	Numeric
cm_cohesion_score	Social cohesion score		6-18 (low to high cohesion)	Numeric
cm_sharcon_score	Shared concern for HIV score		10-30 (low to high concern)
cm_critcon_score	Critical consciousness score		11-33 (low to high consciousness)
respsex	Respondent sex
			Female
			Male
agegroup	Age group			String
			15-19 years
			20-24 years
			25-39 years
			≥ 40 years
literate	Literate			String
			No
			Yes
muslim	Muslim
			Muslim
			Non-Muslim
ethnic	Ethnicity			String
		Ngoni	Ngoni
		Yao	Yao
		Other	Other
srhealth	Self-rated health status			String
			Poor
			Fair
			Good
			Very good
capital_score	Social capital score	0 - 10	low to high capital