Table 2. Study characteristics (n = 16).
| Number of studies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualitative | Quantitative | Mixed Methods | Total | |
| Geo-political zones | ||||
| North- East(NE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North -West(NW) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South- West(SW) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| South- South(SS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South- East(SE) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| North-Central(NC) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Study Setting | ||||
| Primary health centre | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Secondary/tertiary health centre | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Community | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Study type | ||||
| Focus groups | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| In depth interview | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Focus groups & Interviews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cross Sectional | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Study population | ||||
| Only hypertensive patients | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| Physicians Only | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Other health care workers (nurses, CHEW, JCHEWS…..)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Traditional healers (CAM healers, patent medicine vendors….)** | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Non hypertensive patients (but at risk) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 2 | 11 | 3 | 16 |
*CHEW = community health extension workers, JCHEW = junior community health extension worker.
** CAM healers = complementary and alternative medicine healers.