Table 3.
Multilevel predictors of BP control among 450 patients with hypertension receiving treatment in health facilities in the Bushbuckridge municipality, 2011–2014
| Variables | BP control (BP <140/90 mm Hg) |
| Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Individual-level factors | |
| Age group, years | |
| 18–29 | 1 |
| 30–39 | 1.02 (0.30–3.12) |
| 40–49 | 5.73 (1.98–8.43) |
| 50–59 | 7.28 (4.33–9.27)* |
| ≥60 | 9.31 (5.12–13.68)* |
| Gender | |
| Women | 1 |
| Men | 0.21 (0.19–0.47)* |
| Education (completed years) | |
| No formal education | 1 |
| 1–6 | 1.19 (0.47–2.18) |
| >6 | 1.21 (0.51–1.79) |
| Looking for a paid job | |
| No | 1 |
| Yes | 0.59 (0.43–1.16) |
| Reception of grant | |
| None | 1 |
| Disability | 1.87 (0.44–5.04) |
| HIV | 0.05 (0.01–1.26) |
| Old age | 2.00 (0.63–4.99) |
| Multimorbidity | |
| No | 1 |
| Yes | 0.72 (0.48–1.02) |
| Adherence to antihypertensive medication | |
| No | 1 |
| Yes | 1.02 (0.68–1.31) |
| Health facility-level factors | |
| Type of health facility | |
| Not implementing the ICDM model | 1 |
| Implementing the ICDM model | 1.29 (1.04–2.14) |
| Referral of patients to the doctors/hospitals | |
| No | 1 |
| Yes | 0.64 (0.37–1.01) |
*Statistically significant variable.
BP, blood pressure; ICDM, integrated chronic disease management.