South Africa - iGugu Main Study Data PLOS Medicine

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iGUGU.MAIN.STUDY.DATA.PLOS.MEDICINE.v1

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Country

South Africa

Producer(s)

Suzanna C Francis - MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
T Nondumiso Mthiyane - Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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PLOS Medicine

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Dec 12, 2017

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Dec 12, 2017

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Overview

Identification

Country

South Africa

Title

iGugu Main Study Data PLOS Medicine

ID Number

iGUGU.MAIN.STUDY.DATA.PLOS.MEDICINE.v1

Version

Version Description

V1: Edited dataset for public distribution

Overview

Abstract

Igugu_main_study_data_PLOS Medicine:

In this paper, we report on the results of an acceptability, feasibility and prevalence study of home-based sampling for STI/BV among young men and women aged 15-24 years old in the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) health and demographic surveillance site (DSS) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A total of 1342 young people, stratified by age (15-19 and 20-24 years) and sex were selected from the HDSS sampling frame, and 447 were enrolled (70% of those contacted). Participants were interviewed and blood, self-collected urine (men) and vaginal swabs (women) were tested for herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2), chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, and BV. Further details on study methods are available in the published work. The dataset provided here is the main analytical dataset for the study. It is a de-identified dataset for the 477 study participants, with only the variables necessary to replicate the analysis presented in the paper. To preserve confidentiality, we report ages in 5-yr intervals, all dates are removed, and education has been recoded into 2 categories. A dummy identification number has been added (i.e. not the actual study ID).

Igugu_study_flow_chart_PLOS Medicine:

In this paper, we report on the results of an acceptability, feasibility and prevalence study of home-based sampling for STI/BV among young men and women aged 15-24 years old in the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) health and demographic surveillance site (HDSS) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A total of 1342 young people, stratified by age (15-19 and 20-24 years) and sex were selected from the HDSS sampling frame, and 447 were enrolled (70% of those contacted). Participants were interviewed and blood, self-collected urine (men) and vaginal swabs (women) were tested for herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2), chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, and BV. Further details on study methods are available in the published work.

The dataset provided here is a supplementary dataset containing information on the 1342 young people who were sampled. It is a de-identified dataset with only the variables necessary to replicate the analysis presented in Supplementary Table 1 in the paper. To preserve confidentiality, we report ages in 5-yr intervals, all dates are removed, and education has been recoded into 2 categories. A dummy identification number has been added (i.e. not the actual study ID). The dataset was constructed using information collected in the annual survey of the AHRI HDSS; the survey data and full documentation are available on the AHRI data repository.

Units of Analysis

Individual

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
BV [D016585]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
STI [D012749]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh

Keywords

STI/BV

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
Suzanna C Francis	MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
T Nondumiso Mthiyane	Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Kathy Baisley	MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK / Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
S Lerato Mchunu	Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Jane Ferguson	MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK / The Centre for Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, and Child Health (MARCH), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Theresa Smit	Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Tania Crucitti	HIV/STI Reference Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Dickman Gareta	Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Sphephelo Dlamini	Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Tinofa Mutevedzi	Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Janet Seeley	Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK / Africa Health Research Institute, School of Nursing & Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Deenan Pillay	Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK
Nuala McGrath	Africa Health Research Institute, School of Nursing & Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / Academic Unit of Primary Care and Population Sciences and Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK / Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London, UK
Maryam Shahmanesh	Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / Institute of Global Health, University College London, London, UK

Other Acknowledgements

Name	Affiliation	Role
The study participants

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Sweetness H. Dube		Africa Helth Research Institure (AHRI)	DDI Author

Date of Metadata Production

2017-12-11

DDI Document Version

Version 1 (December 2017)

DDI Document ID

DDI.iGUGU.MAIN.STUDY.DATA.PLOS.MEDICINE.v1