Data for: "Morbidity Operational Research for Bilharziasis Implementation Decisions for Girls and Women (MORBID-FGS) cross sectional study"

Lamberti, O and Bustinduy, A. 2024. Data for: "Morbidity Operational Research for Bilharziasis Implementation Decisions for Girls and Women (MORBID-FGS) cross sectional study". [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003850.

Lamberti, O and Bustinduy, A. Data for: "Morbidity Operational Research for Bilharziasis Implementation Decisions for Girls and Women (MORBID-FGS) cross sectional study" [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2024. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003850.

Lamberti, O and Bustinduy, A (2024). Data for: "Morbidity Operational Research for Bilharziasis Implementation Decisions for Girls and Women (MORBID-FGS) cross sectional study". [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003850.

Description

This collection contains several datasets collected and analysed as part of the MORBID-FGS (Morbidity Operational Research for Bilharziasis Implementation Decisions for Girls and Women) cross sectional study. The aim of this study was to estimate the FGS burden by conventional and novel diagnostic methods in two S. haematobium endemic areas in Malawi. It also assessed the urinary, and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) symptoms associated with FGS. Work was conducted in Nsanje and Chikwawa, Malawi between November 2020 and May 2021. The datasets contain variables on socio-demographic characteristics of the study population, water contact information, and history of urinary, genital, and SRH signs and symptoms. In addition, the datasets also present variables for individual S. haematobium status, and FGS status using both visual and molecular diagnostic methods.

Methods

Description of data capture

Sixty villages per district were randomly selected for the parent MORBID study, half from high and low prevalence areas, determined by epidemiological mapping reassessment surveys (2017-2019). In each village, 50 individuals from each age groups, including pre-school aged children (2-6 years old), school aged children (7-13 years old), adolescents (14-19 years old), and adults (aged over 20 years old), were randomly selected using household-level random sampling (200 individuals in total). 1,000 girls and women aged 15-65 years old, registered in the MORBID study, were then randomly selected, using simple random sampling, to participate in the cross-sectional MORBID-FGS study. After obtaining written informed consent, participants of the MORBID-FGS study completed a field-validated questionnaire in either English or the national language, administered by a midwife at the local clinic. Questions included socio-demographic characteristics, water contact information, and history of urinary, genital, and SRH signs and symptoms. During the same clinic visit, a midwife captured images of the cervix, fornices and vagina using a EVA MobileODT hand-held colposcope. Additional images were collected on a subgroup of participants using the “Smart-Scope®” hand-held device. Images were evaluated remotely by the study gynaecologis in Malawi and classified as ‘visual-FGS’ if typical lesions were present, and negative if none were observed. In the clinic, midwives also collected a cervicovaginal swab using a Dacron swab which was tested by PCR. Throughout the study, data collection was done electronically through mobile devices and uploaded to a remote server.

Data capture method

Measurements and tests, Physical measurements and tests

Data Collection Period

From	To
November 2020	May 2021

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

26 April 2024

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Lamberti, O and Bustinduy, A
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Unlimit Health, Centre for Health, Agriculture and Development Research and Consulting (CHAD)

Projects

Funders

Project	Funder	Grant Number	Funder URI
Morbidity Operational Research for Bilharziasis Implementation Decisions for Girls and Women (MORBID-FGS) cross sectional study	Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD)	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED