Table 3 Data collection, measures, data sources
Data element | Timeframe | Data source/ instrument | Data collected | Collected from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brief demographic assessment | Baseline | Self-report | Sociodemographics (gender, age, education, economic and marital status, religion, etc.); prior access to health services (e.g., HIV testing, circumcision among men); HIV stigma; fertility desires and contraception (pregnancy status, number of living children, number of additional children wanted, contraceptive use) | • All individuals consenting to HBHCT and baseline questionnaire interview |
Follow-up assessments | 6 months, 12 months | Self-report Clinic recordsa | Linkage and time to HIV carea; co-trimoxazole and ART initiation & time to initiationa; short-term retention in carea; tuberculosisa; ARV adherencea; HIV disclosure; receipt of instrumental and emotional social support; HIV stigma (anticipated, enacted, internalized; subjective health status; perceived need for treatment; barriers to accessing care; health care system literacy; beliefs about traditional and western medicine; patient-provider relationship and clinic wait time; acceptance of HIV diagnosis; alcohol use; depression; positive and negative life events following HIV testing; intimate partner violence | • Intervention trial participants (intervention and control group) |
Brief follow-up assessment | 12 months | Self-report | Clinic attendance; CD4 results, taking co-trimoxazole and ART | • Viral load and CD4 only group |
Biological measures | Baseline, 12 months | Laboratory report | • HIV status (baseline) • Viral load (baseline, 12 months) • CD4 cell count (baseline,12 months) | • Intervention trial participants (intervention and control group) • VL and CD4 only group |
Clinic-level data | Twice monthly | Checklist | Drug stock-out: Availability of all ARVs and cotrimoxazole | • All participating HIV clinics |
Costing data – service utilization | Ongoing (collected in program records and clinical data) | Program records Clinic records Log-book | • Receipt of HBHCT home visits, counseling visits, follow-up contacts • HIV care services (clinic visits, lab tests, ARVs) | • Intervention trial participants (intervention and control group) |
Costing data – service unit costs | Year three of trial | Program accounts, micro-costing at HIV clinics | Intervention related costs – personnel time, consumables, infrastructure, overheads | • Study administration, participant HIV clinics |
Costing data – patient costs | 12 months | Self-report | Costs incurred by participants related to intervention and/or HIV care | • Intervention trial participants (intervention and control group) |
Intervention fidelity | Daily | Electronic protocol checklist | Percentage of intervention sessions steps completed | • Intervention counselors |