TABLE 6.

Differences in reported barriers to management of hypertension according to blood pressure status, as determined by bivariate regression analysis.

Barrier	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Lack of funds	0.62 (0.29, 1.33)	0.218
Health care centres not available	0.24 (0.09, 0.64)	0.004
Health care centres not accessible	1.12 (0.55, 2.28)	0.753
Transport shortage within the community	0.29 (0.09, 0.93)	0.037
Staff shortage in health care centres	0.63 (0.27, 1.45)	0.276
Lack of communication	0.77 (0.36, 1.66)	0.504
No social workers in clinics	0.64 (0.24, 1.73)	0.380
Drug shortages in clinics	0.71 (0.35, 1.41)	0.325
Equipment shortage in clinics	5.88 (2.46, 14.08)	< 0.001
Late treatment supply	0.64 (0.31, 1.3)	0.217
Equipment not in good working condition	0.42 (0.15, 1.14)	0.090
Limited consultation rooms in clinics	0.49 (0.18, 1.37)	0.176
Stationary shortage in clinics	0.21 (0.06, 0.78)	0.019
Insufficient patient health education in clinics	1.25 (0.62, 2.52)	0.529

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.