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Mental health symptoms and inflammatory markers among HIV infected patients in Tanzania

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Author(s): Peter Memiah*, Lillian Nkinda, Mtebe Majigo, Felix Humwa, Zelalem T. Haile...
* Corresponding Author
Description
This dataset was used to support a study investigating potential connections between mental health symptoms and biomarkers of inflammation in HIV infected subjects. Data was collected from 407 HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy in the Dar es Salaam, Tanzania area from March to May of 2018. Data was collected though a survey that utilized the World Health Organisation's STEPwise approach for noncommunicable diseases surveillance as well as through anthropometric measurements, review of medical records, blood pressure assessments, and biochemical assessment of biomarkers in blood samples.
Timeframe
2018
Geographic Coverage
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Subject of Study
Subject Domain
HIV Infections
Mental Disorders
Population Age
Adult (19 years to 64 years)
Adolescent (13 years to 18 years)
Elderly (80 years and over)
Keywords
Antiretroviral Therapy
Inflammatory markers
Mental health

Access

Restrictions
Approval required
Instructions
Data used in the analyses for this study is available upon request from the corresponding author.
Associated Publications
Memiah, P., Nkinda, L., Majigo, M., Humwa, F., Haile, Z. T., Muthoka, K., Zuheri, A., Kamau, A., Ochola, L., & Buluku, G. (2021). Mental health symptoms and inflammatory markers among HIV infected patients in Tanzania. BMC public health, 21(1), 1113. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11064-5
Data Type
Survey
Clinical Measures
Software Used
Microsoft Excel

Spreadsheet software

Stata 14

Used for coding and statistical analysis of the data

Study Type
Correlational
Cross-sectional
Dataset Format(s)
STATA