Table 4. Impact of Healthy Heart Africa on hypertension diagnosis and provider’s recommendation.

	Baseline		End point		Treatment effect (SE), percentage point
	Intervention (n = 432)	Control (n = 406)	Intervention (n = 364)	Control (n = 334)
Individuals who reported being screened for BP, %	74.3	62.6	72.9	77.6	–19.9 (7.8)*
Last time BP screening was performed, %
≤ 6 months	38.7	24.4	37.8	39.4	–15.2 (4.6)**
7–12 months	10.2	8.8	12.	1 16.3	7.2 (4.8)
≥ 12 months	24.8	27.8	22.2	21.9	0.7 (4.1)
BP screening location, %
Public hospital	29.3	29.0	27.1	19.9	8.3 (7.8)
Public health centre or dispensary	40.9	24.1	35.9	44.6	–16.2 (9.0)
Private hospital	5.6	8.9	13.3	18.2	–2.7 (3.4)
Private health centre or dispensary	11.3	6.1	15.5	13.7	–4.6 (6.4)
At screening event	1.2	0.8	2.5	8.1	–7.4 (2.9)
Other	7.7	10.4	15.0	21.1	–2.0 (1.6)
Individuals who reported being diagnosed with hypertension, %	14.9	8.8	12.9	10.3	–0.03 (3.3)
Timing of hypertension diagnosis, %
≤ 6 months	3.8	2.9	2.7	2.9	–1.2 (3.0)
7–12 months	2.1	1.0	3.8	1.3	2.5
> 12 months	8.8	4.9	5.5	5.1	–1.3 (2.7)
Individuals’ recall of healthcare providers’ recommendation, %
≥ 1 healthcare providers’ recommendation	13.4	8.8	9.8	9.3	–2.3 (3.5)
≥ 3 healthcare providers’ recommendations	0.1	2.1	0.5	1.4	1.2 (0.9)
Medication	13.1	7.1	7.2	8.2	–5.0 (2.5)
Reduction in salt	2.2	3.8	4.0	4.0	2.0 (1.6)
Lose weight	0.1	2.0	0.6	1.3	1.9 (1.7)
Reduce alcohol consumption	0.2	0.7	0.6	0.0	1.3 (0.5)*
Exercise	1.4	2.3	1.3	1.3	1.3 (1.5)
Reduce stress	3.5	2.1	3.8	3.6	0.4 (1.3)
Home remedies	0.3	0.9	0.1	0.7	0.3 (0.7)
Unable to recall	0.9	0.1	1.6	0.6	0.8 (1.5)

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01 vs control. BP: blood pressure; SE: standard error.