The bp_ghana data set includes 757 subjects across 32 community health centers who
were partitioned into intervention groups according to a pragmatic cluster-randomized trial
with 389 in the health insurance coverage (HIC) group and 368 in another group consisting
of a combination of HIC with a nurse-led task-shifting strategy for hypertension control
(TASSH) (this group is denoted TASSH + HIC). This study was an effort to assess the
comparative effectiveness of HIC alone versus the combination of TASSH + HIC on reducing
systolic blood pressure among patients with uncontrolled hypertension in Ghana. Baseline
blood pressure measurements and 12 month follow-up results were collected among subjects,
85% of whom had 12 month data present
bp_ghanaA data frame containing 21 variables pertaining to blood pressure as follows:
Subject ID
How much time elapsed between readings: Baseline measurement, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Systolic Blood Pressure
Diastolic Blood Pressure
Age in Years
0 = Male 1 = Female
Highest Degree Earned: 1 = No Schooling 2 = Primary Schooling (Grades 1 to 6) 3 = Junior Secondary Schooling (JSS) (Grades 7-8) 4 = Secondary School (Grades 9-11) 5 = Completed Secondary School 6 = Technical school certificate 7 = Some college but no degree 8 = Associate degree 9 = Graduate or Professional school (MD, JD, etc.) 999 = Not specified
0 = Unemployed 1 = Employed
0 = Illiterate 1 = Literate
1 = Smoker 2 = Occasional 3 = Ex-Smoker 4 = Non-Smoker
Income level expressed in home currency - Ghanaian cedi (GhC)
Site Location in Ghana: 1 = Suntreso 2 = Ananekrom 3 = Manhiya 4 = Apatrapa 5 = Nkawie 6 = Afrancho 7 = Kumsai South 8 = Mampongteng 9 = Mampong 10 = Bomfa 11 = Ejura 12 = Kofiase 13 = Kokofu 14 = Asuofia 15 = Konongo 16 = Subirisu 17 = Effiduase 18 = Abuakwa 19 = Tafo 20 = KMA 21 = Methodist 22 = Kenyasi 23 = Asonamaso 24 = Juansa 25 = Juaso 26 = Sekyredumase 27 = Nkenkaasu 28 = Berekese 29 = Bekwai 30 = Dwease 31 = Kuntanese 32 = Foase
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment (%) at Baseline: 1) <10% 2) 10-20% 3) 20-30% 4) 30 to 40% 999= Missing Data
Body Mass Index
Classification of BMI: 1 = Underweight (<18.5 kg/m^2) 2 = Normal (18.5 to 24.9 kg/m^2) 3 = Overweight (25.0 to 29.9 kg/m^2) 4 = Obese (>30 kg/m^2)
All activity in weighted MET minutes (per week) at Baseline
0 = Control 1 = Treatment
0 = Rural 1 = Urban
# of doctors on staff
# of nurses on staff
# of patients seen annually
(Ogedegbe G, Plange-Rhule J, Gyamfi J, Chaplin W, Ntim M, Apusiga K, Iwelunmor J, Awudzi KY, Quakyi KN, Mogavero JN, Khurshid K, Tayo B, Cooper R. 2019).
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