Friendship Bench trial: lay worker training in problem-solving therapy to reduce symptoms of common mental disorders
The Friendship Bench trial is a cluster-randomised trial of the effect of problem-solving therapy training for lay workers on symptoms of common mental disorders among clinic attenders in Harare, Zimbabwe. This dataset enables replication of analysis for a paper on suicidal ideation, but has undergone anonymisation process to protect study participants. 12 primary care clinics in Harare were randomised 1:1 to intervention or control. In each clinic, 24 participants were enrolled who were: visiting the clinic (either for their own health needs or accompanying someone else); aged 18 or over; living locally; and screened positive for common mental disorder symptoms. Outcomes were measured after 6 months. 86% of participants were women, 42% were HIV positive and 91% completed follow-up.
Additional Information
This dataset has been replaced with a second version - available at https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001515.
Keywords
Mental health and psychiatry, Zimbabwe, Suicidal ideationItem Type | Dataset |
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Description of data capture | Research assistants completed a fixed form questionnaire, usually in person, at baseline and after 6 months. A small number of interviews were completed by phone. |
Capture method | Questionnaire: Fixed form |
Collection Period |
From To 1 September 2014 25 May 2015 |
Date | 1 October 2015 |
Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade) |
North Latitude East Longitude South Latitude West Longitude -17.7386 31.183 -17.9739 30.8966 |
Language(s) of written materials | English, Shona |
Creator(s) |
Chibanda, D, Munetsi, E, Weiss, H |
Associated roles | Simms, V (Co-Investigator), Chibanda, D (Principal Investigator), Munjoma, R (Data Manager), Abas, M (Co-Investigator), Araya, R (Co-Investigator), Weiss, H (Co-Investigator) and Chingono, A (Co-Investigator) |
LSHTM Faculty/Department | Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology (-2023) |
Research Centre |
Centre for Global Mental Health International Statistics and Epidemiology Group |
Participating Institutions | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention Project, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe |
Funders |
Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI Friendship Bench cluster-randomised trial KCU-0087-042 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004828 |
Date Deposited | 14 Jun 2017 16:48 |
Last Modified | 21 May 2025 17:32 |
Publisher | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
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