Medical survey data to monitor trends in HIV epidemiology and assess the prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and associated factors in Central Uganda – User Guide

Persistent identifier

10.17037/DATA.00003702

Data description

An anonymized dataset containing survey responses of 6808 adults, aged 16 or more years,  in the General Population Cohort in Central Uganda. Longitudinal data was collected through bi-annual medical surveys to monitor trends in HIV epidemiology, and assess the prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and associated factors. Variables include socio-demographic information, update of HPV Vaccination, knowledge of HIV, alcohol consumption, tobacco use, COVID-19 symptoms, the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on health service outcomes, anthropometric measurements, and HIV status.

Data collection methods

Data was collected using an electronic questionnaire administered by experienced research assistants using encrypted and password-protected computer laptops after obtaining informed consent.

Data analysis and preparation

Data from computer laptops were synchronized onto the Unit Server, managed in the Access database, and subsequently exported to Stata 17.0 (Stata-Corp LLC College Station, TX, USA) for analysis.

Geographic regions

Central Uganda

Key dates

Data collection was conducted between June 2019 and July 2021.

Quality controls

The electronic questionnaire was designed with automated logic checks and skip patterns to minimize errors. At the end of each day, the data manager would perform quality checks on the collected data to identify any potential errors not detected by the automated verification process. Any identified queries were resolved by the respective research assistant/data collector before the data was transmitted to the central study database stored at the Unit Server.

Population

Adult population (aged 16 or over) living in the General Population Cohort in Central Uganda.

Privacy

Participants were identified only by a unique participant study  and location number on study documents, consent forms and any electronic database. Documents that contain participants’ names such as informed consent forms were stored securely at the Unit Main Archive in Kyamulibwa with limited access. All servers where databases are stored are password protected with limited access.

Ethics

Ethics approval obtained from:

• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Uganda Virus and Research Institute Research and Ethics Committee
• Uganda National Council of Science and Technology

Keywords

Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Non-communicable diseases, Human papillomavirus, Alcohol consumption, Tobacco use, COVID-19, Uganda

Language of written material

English

Project title

Non-communicable disease risk factors and HIV epidemiology: a population-based survey among adults in rural Uganda

Data creators

File description

No dataset is held in the LSHTM data repository. All files are hosted by the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit.