TABLE 5.

Barriers to management of hypertension reported by respondents (n = 134).

Barrier	Number of responses (%)
Lack of funds	98 (73.1)
Health care centres not available	30 (22.4)
Health care centres not accessible	48 (35.8)
Transport shortage within the community	19 (14.2)
Staff shortage in health care centres	31 (23.1)
Lack of communication	38 (28.4)
No social workers in clinics	20 (14.9)
Drug shortages in clinics	79 (59.0)
Equipment shortage in clinics	90 (67.2)
Late treatment supply	51 (38.1)
Equipment not in good working condition	22 (16.4)
Limited consultation rooms	20 (14.9)
Stationary shortage in clinics	18 (13.4)
Insufficient patient health education in clinics	80 (59.7)