{"doc_desc":{"title":"zaf-uct-trac-2017-2018-v1","producers":[{"name":"DataFirst","abbreviation":"","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","role":"Metadata producer"}],"prod_date":"2022-08-02","version_statement":{"version":"Version 1"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"zaf-uct-trac-2017-2018-v1","title":"Timing of Referral to Antiretroviral Clubs Study 2017-2018","alt_title":"TRAC 2017-2018"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Professor Landon Myer","affiliation":"University of Cape Town"}],"production_statement":{"funding_agencies":[{"name":"Medical Research Council","abbreviation":"MRC","role":"Funding Agency"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst Support","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"www.support.data1st.org"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Clinical Trial"},"version_statement":{"version":"v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution","version_date":"2022"},"study_info":{"abstract":"Data were collected as part of a randomised controlled trial in which adults stable on ART at four months on treatment were randomised to either ongoing clinic care or referral to the local model of differentiated service delivery (community-based adherence clubs). Data collection included face to face interviews, data abstraction of routine care records and phlebotomy for viral load.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2017-01","end":"2018-04","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"South Africa","abbreviation":"zaf"}],"geog_unit":"The data is at the level of health facility","analysis_unit":"Individuals","data_kind":"Survey and Case Studies","notes":"HIV-related data collected includes the study viral load result (copies\/mL), World Health Organization stage prior to the initiation of antiretroviral therapy, Arm to which participant was randomised at enrolment (Club\/Clinic; Club=adherence club, Clinic=primary health care clinic), Current antiretroviral therapy regimen, Prior lifelong antiretroviral therapy, and Duration of therapy\nOther data collected on individuals includes information on whether they are currently working and\/or studying, their household income source and employment type, and receipt of government grants."},"method":{"data_collection":{"coll_mode":["Other"],"research_instrument":"Questionnaires, data abstraction, phlebotomy.","coll_situation":"Data collection included face-to-face interviews, data abstraction of routine care records, and phlebotomy for viral load."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"support.data1st.org"}],"cit_req":"Myer, Landon. Timing of Referral to Antiretroviral Clubs Study 2017-2018 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: University of Cape Town. School of Public Health and Family Medicine [producer], 2018. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2022. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25828\/V71J-3B55","conditions":"Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License"}}},"schematype":"survey"}