10.17037/DATA.00004776
This data is from a cluster randomised controlled trial, investigating the impact of financial incentives on partner treatmtent for STIs in antenatal care in Harare, Zimbabwe. This trial was embedded within a prospective study (IPSAZ study) evaluating point-of-care STI screening among pregnant women in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Interested researchers are invited to apply for data access by completing the application form, indicating the intended use and variables they wish to access. Data access will be provided on condition that the researcher meets the following conditions: (a) the research agrees to follow the regulatory requirements specified by the Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe (MRCZ) including for good data management; (b) the source of the data is cited; and (c) A Zimbabwean researcher is included in any resulting manuscripts as a collaborator and author.
The “ipsaz_pn_trial_core_data” dataset contains 22 variables, outlined below.
| Variable name | Variable label | Answer label | Answer code | Variable type |
| rand_id | Unlinked study ID | Open ended | Numeric | |
| id_site | Clinic site | Numeric | ||
| Site A | 1 | |||
| Site B | 2 | |||
| agecat | Age (years) | Numeric | ||
| 15 - 19 | 0 | |||
| 20 - 24 | 1 | |||
| 25 - 29 | 2 | |||
| 30 - 34 | 3 | |||
| 35+ | 4 | |||
| education_level | Highest level of education | Numeric | ||
| No formal education | 1 | |||
| Primary | 2 | |||
| Secondary | 3 | |||
| Vocational | 4 | |||
| Higher/University | 5 | |||
| occupation_status | Current employment status | Numeric | ||
| Unemployed | 1 | |||
| Student | 2 | |||
| Self-employed/business owner | 3 | |||
| Salaried employment | 4 | |||
| Informal work | 5 | |||
| Retired/pensioned | 6 | |||
| Other | 7 | |||
| household_income_4cat | Household income per month | Numeric | ||
| $0 - 100 USD | 1 | |||
| $101 - 200 USD | 2 | |||
| $201 USD and above | 3 | |||
| Not sure | 9 | |||
| father_relationship | Relationship with father of child | Numeric | ||
| Married | 1 | |||
| Not married, but living together | 2 | |||
| Not married or living together | 3 | |||
| No relationship | 4 | |||
| anc_visit_type | Antenatal care visit type | Numeric | ||
| Booking | 1 | |||
| Follow-up | 2 | |||
| planned_pregnancy | Current pregnancy planning | Numeric | ||
| Wanted to become pregnant | 1 | |||
| Would have preferred to put off for a while | 2 | |||
| Did not want to become pregnant | 3 | |||
| Don't know/ don't want to say | 4 | |||
| pregnancy_number_4cat | Number of previous pregnancies | Numeric | ||
| 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 2 | |||
| 3+ | 3 | |||
| trimester | Pregnancy trimester | |||
| First | 1 | |||
| Second | 2 | |||
| Third | 3 | |||
| part_n | Number of sexual partners in the past 30 days | Open ended | Numeric | |
| recent_condom_use | Condom use at last vaginal or anal sex | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| Don't know | 2 | |||
| transactional_sex | Transactional sex in last 12 months | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| Don't know | 2 | |||
| hiv_status | HIV status | Numeric | ||
| Negative | 0 | |||
| Positive | 1 | |||
| syndromic_rx_yes_no | Treatment provided for an STI syndrome | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| curable_result | Curable STI (chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, and/or syphilis) status | Numeric | ||
| Negative | 0 | |||
| Positive | 1 | |||
| pn_incentive_yes_no_final | Type of partner slip provided | Numeric | ||
| No incentive (control) | 0 | |||
| Incentive (intervention) | 1 | |||
| pn_slips_issued_final | Number of partner slips issued | Open ended | Integer | |
| partner_rx_28d | Partner attendance for treatment within 28 days of index diagnosis (primary outcome) | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| partner_rx_yes_no | Partner attendance for treatment any number of days from index diagnosis | |||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| partner_rx_days | Number of days between index case diagnosis and partner attendance for treatment | Open ended | Numeric |