AHRI.UZIMA.HarmonisedDataset.2024.V1
AHRI.UZIMA Pilot Study:Adolescent Mental Health Data 2012-2022
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South Africa | ZA |
Mental disorders are significant contributors to illness, disability, and mortality, and they pose serious suicide risks. Many common mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, and behavioural issues, typically develop during adolescence and can lead to long-term mental and physical health challenges. Young people in Africa face a dual burden of HIV and mental health problems. This situation is further complicated by insufficient mental health resources, including data, and the need for locally validated, culturally appropriate screening tools to identify mental health issues. The UZIMA-DS Pilot study aims to consolidate various data sources to create a shared resource accessible to mental health researchers throughout Africa.
We harmonised data from existing studies conducted by the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) that assessed mental health in adolescents and young adults aged 10 to 24. The mental health outcomes examined included depression, probable common mental disorder (CMD), and suicidal ideation. Depression was assessed using a 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), while probable CMD was evaluated with a 14-item Shona Symptom Questionnaire (SSQ-14). Suicidal ideation was measured using both the PHQ-9 and SSQ-14. This harmonised dataset was integrated with migration data from AHRI's health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) and clinic data from AHRI's clinical platform to provide insights into the long-term outcomes of study participants.
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The harmonised data included adolescents and young adults aged 13-24 who were residents in the AHRI HDSS.
Name | Affiliation |
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Nondumiso Mthiyane | Africa Health Research Institute |
Prof. Amina Abubakar | Aga Khan University |
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Africa Health Research Institute |
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National Institutes of Health | NIH | Funders |
Aga Khan University UZIMA-DS |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Edwin Mkwanazi | Africa Health Research Institute | Data manager |
Patrick Mwangala | Aga Khan University | Mental health expert |
Kathy Baisley | Africa Health Research Institute | Co-investigator |
Kobus Herbst | Africa Health Research Institute | Co-investigator |
Maryam Shahmanesh | Africa Health Research Institute | Co-investigator |
Start | End |
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2012-08-06 | 2022-12-08 |
Access to the data requires accurate completion of the online data access application form accessible on the AHRI Data repository(<https>). Data users are required to abide by the data use conditions stipulated on the application for access to the data. Failure to do so may result in their data access privileges being revoked by the Data Custodian. In order to recognise the effort and intellectual contributions of AHRI investigators in producing and curating the data, users of AHRI data must acknowledge the source of the data and abide by the terms and conditions under which the data is accessed and must cite the dataset in publication using the citation provided as part of this documentation. All analytical datasets published on the AHRI Data Repository are assigned digital object identifier (DOIs) and the DOIs can be found on the Data Repository under Study Description tab - Access policy. AHRI data users are required to always cite the dataset using the relevant DOI.
Mthiyane, N., Abubakar, A., (2024). AHRI.UZIMA Pilot Study:Adolescent Mental Health Data 2012-2022 [Data set]. Africa Health Research Institute.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.23664/AHRI.UZIMA.HarmonisedDataset.2024
DDI.AHRI.UZIMA.HarmonisedDataset.2024.V1
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Africa Health Research Institute | AHRI |