Table 2. Barriers and facilitators to nurse management of hypertension identified by category; total frequency presented.

Category	Barriers	n	Facilitators	n
Patient	Asymptomatic nature of hypertension	58	Patient satisfaction/patient as consumera	58
	Patient satisfaction	51	Nurse should be primary providera	25
	Patient knowledge and perception of hypertension	49	Trusta	17
	Financial resources of the patienta	43
	Doctor should be primary providera	31
	Follow-up and linkage to care	30
	Compliance	30
	Cure disease vs symptom relief	28
Nurse	Inadequate training of health care personnel	21	Nurse factor- empowerment, ability to treat	42
	Work overload	20	Nurse confidencea	15
Health System	Access to drugsa	211	Coordination/integration of health systemsa	86
	High cost of chronic disease carea	95	Positive patient provider relationship	30
	Non-allopathic care	68
	Difficulty of treating chronic disease patients	50
	Access to health care resources or facilities	36
	Supply chain of medicationsa	30
	Limited human resources for health	23
	Negative patient provider relationship	20
	Overcrowded facilities	17
	Politics and corruption	11
Environmental	Geography/terrain	20
Emotional	HIV stigmaa	16	Mortality and death concerns	31
Community	Lack of health educationa	26	Importance of communitya	17

a. Indicates Delphi top rank.