Table 3. Hypertension Diagnosis–Related Practices Among Health Workers 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) | ||
| At least 1 health care provider received refresher training in the diagnosis of hypertension in the last 6 months | 2 (6.5) | 5 (14.7) | 5 (71.4) | 1 (20.0) | .002 |
| Health care providers who are attached and posted to the health facility to diagnose hypertension | 21 (67.7) | 34 (100.0) | 7 (100.0) | 5 (100.0) | .001 |
| Trained health care provider available at the facility on call, 24 hours per day, including weekends, and on public holidays to screen, diagnose, or make referrals | 5 (16.1) | 27 (79.4) | 7 (100.0) | 5 (100.0) | .001 |
| Private room or confidential area for hypertension diagnosis and counseling with audio and visual privacy | 30 (96.8) | 34 (100.0) | 7 (100.0) | 5 (100.0) | .56 |
| Point person for ordering hypertension diagnostic supplies and equipment | 15 (48.4) | 27 (79.4) | 7 (100.0) | 5 (100.0) | .01 |
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.