This file contains data from ARTemis database for each registered TasP individual linked to ARTemis. One row per individual.
The data collated here is obtained from patients' records completed during routine HIV clinical care within the Hlabisa Treatment and Care Programme. The HIV treatment and Care programme was implemented as a joint initiative by the Department of Health (DoH) and the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies (http://www.africacentre.ac.za) in response to the Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care Management and Treatment Plan in 2004. HIV treatment and care is offered in 17 nurse-led primary health-care (PHC) clinics and 1 district hospital. The data comprises HIV positive patients pre- and post- ART initiation. However for patients pre-ART only the personal identifiers (name, sex and South African ID number) and the CD4 counts measured for assessment of ART eligibility are recorded. All patients within ARTemis are HIV positive and all patients are aware of their HIV status. This database was initially set up for monitoring and evaluating (M&E) patients and programme performance and outcomes. Over time in addition to M&E, these data are used to answer research questions to better understand issues related to HIV and ART in HIV positive patients.
Routine data collection schedule is summarized below:
Basic details
Age, sex, address, ID number, contact details, treatment clinic (collected at ART initiation only or when need arises during follow-up)
Socio-demographic details
Grants received, employment, school attendance, number of dependents (collected at ART initiation only)
Tuberculosis (TB) record
Tuberculosis (TB) record
Previous history of TB, TB treatment at initiation, new episodes of TB (collected only in those receiving ART)
ART record
WHO clinical stage, Previous ART and/or PMTCT, ART regimen at initiation, changes in ART regimen during treatment
Laboratory data
For patients on ART
Baseline and 6-monthly CD4 and HIV viral load, baseline haematology and biochemistry
For patients pre-ART
All pre-ART CD4 cell counts routinely done in accordance with the South African ART guidelines are recorded
Cases: | 1989 |
Variables: | 121 |