# Low levels of hypertension screening in HIV care clinics in rural Uganda: a mixed methods study

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9p8cz8wqg](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9p8cz8wqg)

This is the data from a baseline status assessment of Hypertension (HTN) screening, treatment, and control in 52 Ugandan public health facilities, participating in an ongoing cluster randomized trial of an integrated HIV/HTN care model.  The study was funded by the *European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership* (EDCTP).

From November 2020 to March 2021, we reviewed patient records and randomly sampled 50 persons living with HIV (PLHIV) without a documented HTN diagnosis per health facility and all PLHIV with a documented HTN diagnosis per health facility. We surveyed the sampled participants, took their blood pressure measurements, and described the HTN care cascade.

## Description of the data and file structure

The data provided are in a comma-separated-value (CSV) file that includes variable names as column headers.

The data file name is Uganda_Int_HIV_HTN_baseline_EUopensci.deident.v3.csv

The corresponding data dictionary is an excel document filename is Uganda_Int_HIV_HTN_baseline_EUopensci.datadictionary.v3.xlsx

| Variable Name   | Question                                                                                                                                                       | Variable Type | Variable Codes                                                                                              |
| :-------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| hc\_code        | Health Center (coded)                                                                                                                                          | Numeric       | De-identifed code                                                                                           |
| clinicid        | Participant/Clinic ID: collected from the ART card/register - deidentified                                                                                     | Numeric       | De-identifed code                                                                                           |
| age\_category   | Age <=40                                                                                                                                                       | Numeric       | 0 = age > 40 1 = age <= 40                                                                                  |
| female          | Reported as female                                                                                                                                             | Numeric       | 0 = Male 1=Female                                                                                           |
| artyr           | Years on ART - calculated from ART start date (grouped)                                                                                                        | Numeric       |  1 = up\_to\_1\_year  2 = from\_2\_to\_5   3 = from\_6\_to\_9   4 = from\_10\_to\_35                        |
| hc4             | Is Clinic a Health Center 4 level                                                                                                                              | Numeric       | 0 = No 1 = Yes                                                                                              |
| smoke           | Current smoking                                                                                                                                                | Numeric       | 1 = Yes 2 = No                                                                                              |
| alcohol         | Current alcohol use                                                                                                                                            | Numeric       | 1 = Yes 2 = No                                                                                              |
| overweight      | Obesity or overweight                                                                                                                                          | Numeric       | 0 = No 1 = Yes -9 = missing                                                                                 |
| marital\_status | Current marital status                                                                                                                                         | Numeric       | 1 = Single never married 2 = Married/Cohabitating 3 = Divorced/ separated/ widowed -9 = missing             |
| exercise        | Lack of physical work or exercise                                                                                                                              | Numeric       | 0 = No 1 = Yes                                                                                              |
| bpmdate6mon     | Blood pressure measured in last 6 months at clinic                                                                                                             | Numeric       | 0 = No 1 = Yes                                                                                              |
| htn\_now        | Prior HTN diagnosis or prior HTN diagnosis not documented in health record or new HTN diagnosis                                                                | Numeric       | 0 = No 1 = Yes                                                                                              |
| category        | Patient category at baseline visit                                                                                                                             | Numeric       | 1 = HTN 2 = No known HTN                                                                                    |
| prior\_unknown  | Prior HTN diagnosis not documented in health record                                                                                                            | Numeric       | 0 = No 1 = Yes                                                                                              |
| new\_dx         | New HTN diagnosis at visit                                                                                                                                     | Numeric       | 0 = No 1 = Yes                                                                                              |
| bpfinal         | Final BP recording  (Sys/Dia):                                                                                                                                 | String        | Sys/Dia -9/-9 = missing                                                                                     |
| htn\_stage      | Severity of HTN during the survey categorized using the 2020 guidelines of the  American Society of Hypertension and the International Society of Hypertension | Numeric       | 0 = Normal (<140/90 mmHg) 1 = Grade 1 (140-159/90-99) 2 = Grade 2 (160-179/100-109) 3 = Grade 3 (>=180/110) |
| treat           | On HTN treatment                                                                                                                                               | Numeric       | 0 = No 1 = Yes                                                                                              |

## Sharing/Access information

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