Acceptability of short message service reminders as the support tool for PrEP adherence among young women in Mukono district, Uganda

Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) have a disproportionately high incidence of HIV compared to males of the same age in Uganda. AGYW are a priority sub-group for daily oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), but their adherence has consistently remained low. Short Message Service (SMS) reminders could improve adherence to PrEP in AGYW. However, there is a paucity of literature about the acceptability of SMS reminders among AGYW using PrEP. We assessed the level of acceptability of SMS reminders as a PrEP adherence support tool and the associated factors, among AGYW in Mukono district, Central Uganda.
We consecutively enrolled AGYW using PrEP in Mukono district in a cross-sectional study. A structured pre-tested questionnaire was administered to participants by three trained research assistants. Data were analyzed in STATA 17.0; continuous variables were summarized using median and interquartile range (IQR) while categorical variables were summarized using frequencies and percentages...., The data set was collected through a reseacher administered questionnaire. 
The main dependent variable was acceptability of SMS reminders. This was measured using the seven constructs derived from the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability (TFA)(1). These include; affective attitude, burden, perceived effectiveness, ethicality, intervention coherence, opportunity costs, and self-efficacy. A 5-point Likert item question per construct was used and each level of a Likert scale was given a weight ranging from one to five. The summated scores from the weights assigned to each response were computed. The obtained summated acceptability score was then dichotomized using the 50th percentile of the possible summated scores which ranges from 7 to 35 (the 50th percentile is 21). Therefore “Acceptability of SMS reminders\" was defined as a value greater than 21. 
The independent variables were captured as described in the data dictionary attached
Data analysis was performed in STATA versi..., , The participants gave written informed consent to publish de-identified data in accordance with Uganda National Cuncil for Science and Technology (UNCST), a local human participant research regulator. The identifying characteristics like numerical age, physical address were reducted., # Acceptability of short message service reminders as the support tool for PrEP adherence among young women in Mukono district, Uganda

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.cvdncjt8h](10.5061/dryad.cvdncjt8h)

## Description of the data and file structure

In this dataset, we aimed to assess the acceptability of short message service (SMS) reminders among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) prescribed Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). We also measured demographic and other individual factors 

### Files and variables

File: Manuscript_dataset.dta

**Description:** This section describes the variables included in the dataset (data dictionary)

| Variable Name | Variable type | Variable Label | Value Labels |
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