Table 1.

Summary of the components of each CRF used for adult patients in the China NFATP

	Initial assessment	Follow-upa	Treatment termination	Regimen change	Transfer of clinical care
Patient name and ID	X	X	X	X	X
Current treatment ID	X	X	X	X	X
Treatment site location code	X	X	X	X	X
Patient demographics
Age	X
Gender	X
Marital status	X
Examination
Pre-treatment symptomsb	X
Body weight	X	X
Laboratory test resultsc	X	X
HIV status
Date of HIV diagnosis	X
Route of HIV infection	X
Treatment status
Duration of follow-up		X	X
ART payment source	X
ART regimens at initiation	X
Previous use of Chinese medicine to treat HIV	X
Current ART regimen	X			X	X
Current regimen initiation date	X			X
Self-reported adherence		X
ART adverse side effects		X
Spouse ART status	X
Date of regimen change				X
Reason for regimen change				X
Previous medication stoppage				X
Time elapsed since stopping previous regimen			X	X
Termination
Type of terminationd			X
Cause of termination			X
Date of termination event			X
Cause of death			X
Adverse side effects caused by termination			X

^aFollow-up is performed at 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 months after ART initiation, once every 3 months thereafter.

^bThese include herpes zoster, fever, chronic diarrhoea, odynophagia and weight loss.

^cLaboratory tests include CD4 count, viral load, haematology, immunology, liver function.

^dMortality, medication discontinuation, lost to follow-up, transfer of clinical care.