Health services intervention integrating HTN and HIV care improves long-term blood pressure control among people living with HIV in Uganda

Globally, the prevalence of hypertension (HTN) among people with HIV (PWH) has increased dramatically over the last decade. In a cluster randomized trial, we evaluated the effect of a multicomponent intervention model on blood pressure (BP) control among PWH in rural Uganda. The integrated HIV/HTN trial enrolled adults (≥18-years) with HIV from 52 health centres in 26 districts of rural Southwestern Uganda. The intervention included: 1) health-worker training on integrating HTN care into HIV services, 2) promoting HTN screening and treatment among providers; 3) availing essential equipment and consumables; and 4) WhatsApp messaging for coordination. Among intervention participants with previously diagnosed HTN (defined as BP measurement >140/90mmHg), we evaluated longitudinal changes in the proportion with World Health Organization (WHO) defined control (<140/90mmHg) from trial baseline to 12-months of follow-up. We further reported the proportions that achieved BP reduction by ≥1..., , # Data from: Health services intervention integrating HTN and HIV care improves long-term blood pressure control among people living with HIV in Uganda

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.63xsj3vdj](10.5061/dryad.63xsj3vdj)

## Description of the data and file structure

Data to support the analyses conducted in \"Health services intervention integrating HTN and HIV care improves long-term blood pressure control among people living with HIV in Uganda\" by Dr. Okello et al.

The dataset contains the sex, age group, health center level, and hypertension stage over time (0, 3, 6, 9, 12 months) of 1200 persons with HIV from Uganda. 

### Files and variables

#### File: int_htn_long_dd.csv

**Description:** data dictionary 

#### File: int_htn_long_shared.csv

**Description:** data - see data dictionary for variable definition, To follow best practices for sharing human subjects data, we have removed direct identifiers, limited the number of direct identifiers, and provided aggregated data (e.g., categories of hypertension severity, instead of raw blood pressure measures).