Hypertension process of care indicators
| Free medicine distribution | Usual medicine access | Unadjusted difference | Adjusted difference | |
| BP measurements | 3 (4) (173) | 3 (5) (160) | 0.95 (0.74 to 1.22) | 0.99 (0.77 to 1.27) |
| p=0.67 | p=0.92 | |||
| HbA1c measurements | 1 (1) (37) | 1 (1) (42) | 0.77 (0.49 to 1.22) | 0.83 (0.53 to 1.30) |
| p=0.27 | p=0.41 | |||
| Lipid measurements | 1 (1) (36) | 1 (1) (37) | 0.85 (0.54 to 1.35) | 0.91 (0.57 to 1.46) |
| p=0.49 | p=0.70 | |||
| Serum creatinine measurements | 1 (4) (78) | 2 (13) (110) | 0.62 (0.39 to 1.00) | 0.61 (0.38 to 0.97) |
| p=0.05 | p=0.04 | |||
| Serum electrolyte measurements | 1 (3) (66) | 2 (11) (103) | 0.56 (0.34 to 0.93) | 0.59 (0.36 to 0.98) |
| p=0.02 | p=0.04 | |||
| Primary care encounters | 5 (9) (287) | 6 (14) (302) | 0.83 (0.66 to 1.05) | 0.9 (0.71 to 1.10) |
| p=0.11 | p=0.25 | |||
| Consultant encounters related to hypertension | 0 (0) (5) | 0 (0) (5) | 0.88 (0.13 to 6.10) | 0.59 (0.07 to 4.62) |
| p=0.89 | p=0.61 | |||
| Missed primary care appointments | 0 (0) (14) | 0 (4) (44) | 0.28 (0.12 to 0.64) | 0.41 (0.18 to 0.90) |
| p=0.00 | p=0.03 | |||
| Self-monitoring of BP | 21% (12/56) | 18% (9/49) | 1.21 (0.46 to 3.18) | 1.10 (0.38 to 3.17) |
| p=0.70 | p=0.86 | |||
| Total number of encounters and manoeuvres (assign 0 or 1 for binary indicators; exclude missed appointments) | 12 (43) (694) | 16 (97) (768) | 0.79 (0.63 to 1.00) | 0.83 (0.67 to 1.04) |
| p=0.04 | p=0.10 |
Count indicators are reported as the mean number of measurements or encounters with the variance and the sum of all measurements or encounters. Binary indicators are reported as a proportion. Differences are adjusted for age, sex and site, and reported as OR or rate ratio with the 95% CI and p value.
BP, blood pressure; HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin.