Table 1. Services Available for Hypertension Diagnosis Across Different Levels of Primary Care Health Facilities, Wakiso District, Uganda, 2019.
| Variable | Health facility level, no. (%) (N = 77) |
P valuee | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Centre IIa (n = 31) | Health Centre IIIb (n = 34) | Health Centre IVc (n = 7) | Hospitald (n = 5) | ||
| Offers diagnosis of hypertension | 20 (64.5) | 34 (100) | 7 (100) | 5 (100) | .001 |
| Takes blood pressure measurements | 23 (74.2) | 34 (100) | 7 (100) | 5 (100) | .005 |
| Takes weight measurements | 26 (83.9) | 34 (100) | 7 (100) | 5 (100) | .07 |
| Offers motivational counseling | 26 (83.9) | 33 (97.1) | 7 (100) | 5 (100) | .25 |
| Manages suspected or newly diagnosed cases of hypertension | 11 (35.5) | 32 (94.1) | 7 (100) | 5 (100) | .001 |
| Schedules regular checkups | 18 (58.1) | 31 (91.2) | 7 (100) | 5 (100) | .003 |
| Has a referral system | 27 (87.1) | 26 (76.5) | 1 (14.3) | 1 (20) | .001 |
| Has access to transportation for referral | 3 (9.7) | 12 (35.3) | 3 (42.9) | 5 (100) | .001 |
a
Found at the parish level and offers preventive, promotive, outpatient curative health services, outreach care, and emergency services to a population of approximately 5,000.
b
Found at the subcounty level and offers all services offered at HCIIs, plus maternity, inpatient, and laboratory services to a population of approximately 20,000.
c
Found at the county level and offers all services offered at HCIIIs, plus emergency surgery and blood transfusion to a population of approximately 100,000.
d
Found at district level and offers all services offered at HCIVs, plus service training, consultation, and research to a population of approximately 500,000.
e
Determined by χ2 test; P value <.05 considered significant.