Table 3.
Characteristics of study participants in the qualitative strand, including patients and providers
| Total | Thai Nguyen |
Hue |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | ||
| Total number of patients | 29 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| Age, median (range) | 67 (49–91) | 73 (56–77) | 58 (53–74) | 71 (56–91) | 66 (49–77) |
| Years living with HTN, median (range) | 5 (0–29) | 2 (0–7) | 10 (0–12) | 6 (1–26) | 4 (2–29) |
| Number and proportion of patients by, n (%) | |||||
| Setting | |||||
| District hospital | 10 (34) | 2 (33) | 2 (40) | 4 (40) | 2 (25) |
| Polyclinic | 8 (28) | NA | NA | 4 (40) | 4 (50) |
| CHS | 11 (38) | 4 (67) | 3 (60) | 2 (20) | 2 (25) |
| Sex, male | 15 (52) | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Retired/not actively working | 16 (55) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Job | |||||
| Agriculture | 14 (48) | 4 (67) | 2 (40) | 8 (80) | 0 |
| Others | 14 (48) | 2 (33) | 3 (60) | 2 (20) | 7 (88) |
| None | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (13) |
| Education | |||||
| No school | 4 (14) | 4 (67) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Went to school, did not graduate | 14 (48) | 1 (17) | 2 (40) | 9 (90) | 2 (25) |
| Went to school and graduated | 7 (24) | 1 (17) | 2 (40) | 1 (10) | 3 (38) |
| Followed further education | 4 (14) | 0 | 1 (20) | 0 | 3 (38) |
| Health insurance | |||||
| Voluntary | 10 (34) | 1 (17) | 2 (40) | 2 (20) | 5 (63) |
| Social | 14 (48) | 5 (83) | 0 | 8 (80) | 1 (13) |
| Compulsory | 5 (17) | 0 | 3 (60) | 0 | 2 (25) |
| Years living with HTN | |||||
| ≤1 | 5 (17) | 3 (50) | 1 (20) | 1 (10) | 0 |
| >1 to 5 | 11 (38) | 2 (33) | 1 (20) | 3 (30) | 5 (63) |
| >5 | 13 (45) | 1 (17) | 3 (60) | 6 (60) | 3 (38) |
| Co-morbidity | 14 (48) | 1 (17) | 3 (60) | 6 (60) | 4 (50) |
| Total number of providers | 29 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 |
| Age, median (range) | 43 (26–56) | 42 (31–45) | 46 (36–52) | 39 (30–50) | 44 (26–56) |
| Number and proportion of providers by, n (%) | |||||
| Setting | |||||
| District hospital | 11 (38) | 2 (50) | 2 (40) | 5 (42) | 2 (25) |
| Polyclinic | 9 (31) | NA | NA | 5 (42) | 4 (50) |
| CHS | 9 (31) | 2 (50) | 3 (60) | 2 (17) | 2 (25) |
| Sex, male | 12 (41) | 2 (50) | 1 (20) | 6 (50) | 3 (38) |
| Education | |||||
| Specialist | 8 (28) | 0 | 0 | 5 (42) | 3 (38) |
| Medical degree | 3 (10) | 1 (25) | 1 (20) | 0 | 1 (13) |
| University degree | 13 (45) | 3 (73) | 4 (80) | 3 (25) | 3 (38) |
| Intermediate college | 5 (17) | 0 | 0 | 4 (33) | 1 (13) |
| Position | |||||
| Medical doctor | 11 (38) | 1 (25) | 1 (20) | 5 (42) | 4 (50) |
| Traditional medicine doctor | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 1 (8) | 0 |
| Assistant doctors and upgraded doctor | 4 (14) | 2 (50) | 2 (40) | 0 | 0 |
| Nurse or midwife | 12 (41) | 1 (25) | 2 (40) | 5 (42) | 4 (50) |
| Pharmacist | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 1 (8) | 0 |
NA, not applicable.