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. 2020 Jun 25;23(6):e25544. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25544

Table 2.

Characteristics of patient focus group discussion and provider and implementer in‐depth interview respondents from the evaluation of South Africa’s National Adherence Guidelines for Chronic Disease

Patients Control (N = 74) Intervention (N = 82) Total (N = 156)
Characteristic n (%) n (%) n (%)
Age (n = 156)
18 to 29 14 18.9 16 19.5 30 19.2
30 to 39 23 31.1 29 35.4 52 33.3
40 to 49 25 33.8 27 32.9 52 33.3
50+ 12 16.2 10 12.2 22 14.1
Sex (n = 156)
Female 42 56.8 58 70.7 100 64.1
Male 32 43.2 24 29.3 56 35.9
Marital status (n = 154) 73 81
Never married 50 68.5 49 60.5 99 64.3
Married 16 21.9 23 28.4 39 25.3
Widowed/Divorced/Separated 7 9.6 9 11.1 16 10.4
Respondents by patient type
Newly initiated treatment 17 23.0 22 26.8 39 25.0
Stable on treatment 35 47.3 31 37.8 66 42.3
Not stable on treatment 23 31.1 29 35.4 52 33.3
Respondents by province
North West 17 23.0 19 23.2 36 23.1
Gauteng 20 27.0 23 28.0 43 27.6
Limpopo 20 27.0 21 25.6 41 26.3
KwaZulu Natal 17 23.0 19 23.2 36 23.1
Providers Control (N = 24) Intervention (N = 24) Total (N = 48)
Characteristic n (%) n (%) n (%)
Sex (n = 48)
Female 17 70.8 22 91.7 39 81.3
Male 7 29.2 2 8.3 9 18.8
Current role (n = 48)
Clinical provider 13 54.2 12 50.0 25 52.1
Pharmacy staff 3 12.5 3 12.5 6 12.5
Non‐clinical facility staff 6 25.0 7 29.2 13 27.1
Outreach 2 8.3 2 8.3 4 8.3
Median no. of years working with facility/organization (range) 2.8 (1.0, 19.0) 3.5 (1.0, 16.0) 3.0 (1.0, 19.0)
Median no. of years working with in current capacity (range) 3.5 (1.0, 26.0) 4.5 (0.0, 21.0) 4.0 (0.0, 26)
Implementers Total (N = 16)
Characteristics n (%)
Sex (n = 16)
Female 11 (68.3)
Male 5 (31.3)
Current role a (n = 16)
DOH staff 8 (50.0)
Implementing partners 8 (50.0)
Median no. of years working with facility/organization (range) 4.0 (3.0, 7.0)
Median no. of years working with in current capacity (range) 4.0 (2.0, 27.0)
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Roles included CCMDD managers, trainers, technical experts, mentors, managers and coordinators.