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. 2024 Jul 5;14(7):e084835. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084835

Table 1.

Health Outcomes around Pregnancy and Exposure to HIV/Antiretrovirals data collection

Pregnant or recently delivered at enrolment Not pregnant at enrolment
Enrolment Enrolment Annual follow-up
Pregnancy Delivery 6 weeks post partum 1-year post partum and annually
In person In person In person Remote In person Remote
Residential address information/location for geocoding purposes X (X) X
Contact and check-in between visits X X X X X X
Change in pregnancy status X X X X
Clinical assessments (collected in-person)
 Height X (X) X X
 Weight X X X X X X
 Waist and hip circumference X X X
 Blood pressure X X X X X X
Interview
 Family and personal medical history X (X) X
 Reproductive history X (X) X
 Depression* X (X) X X
 Anxiety† X (X) X X
 PTSD‡ X (X) X
 Health literacy§ X (X) X
 Social history X (X) X
Online survey (detail provided in table 2) X X X X X X
Medical chart abstraction
 Weight X X X X X X
 Blood pressure X X X X X
 HIV RNA level, lymphocytes and subsets X X X X X X
 ART medications X X X X X X
 Non-ART medications X X X X X X
 HIV, primary care, OB, gynaecologic, mental healthcare engagement X X X X X X
 Immunisations X X X X X X
 Medical and mental health diagnoses and hospitalisation X X X X X X
 Laboratory test results X X X X X X
 Pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes X X X X X
 Cervical and anal dysplasia screening X X X X X X
 STI testing and results X X X X X
Sample collection/repository
 Serum, plasma (EDTA and heparin) and non-viable PBMCs X X X
 Rectal swab for microbiome X (X) X
 Vaginal swab for microbiome X (X) X
 Vaginal swab for metabolomics X (X) X
 Vaginal swab for STI testing X X X
 Oral swab X X X
 Saliva X X X
 Hair X X X

Brackets () indicate that the assessment takes place at the delivery visit only if the delivery visit is an enrolment visit.

*Depressive symptoms assessed via interview using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9.75

†Anxiety symptoms assessed via interview using the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7.76

‡Post-traumatic stress disorder assessed via interview using the Primary Care Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Screen for DSM-5.77

§Health literacy assessed via interview using the Newest Vital Sign.73

ART, antiretroviral therapy; DSM-5, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; OB, obstetrical; PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cells; STI, sexually transmitted infection.