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Table 1 Characteristics of adult patients presenting to NCD Clinic in rural Haiti, 2013–2016

From: Does distance from a clinic and poverty impact visit adherence for noncommunicable diseases? A retrospective cohort study using electronic medical records in rural Haiti

 

Men (N = 128)

Women (N = 335)

Total (N = 463)

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Sex

27.6

2.1

72.4

2.1

–

–

Age, yrs. (mean, SE)

61.2

4.4

56.9

2.6

57.8

2.2

Poor (deprived > 2/9 indicators)

48.1

4.9

67.7

2.9

62.0

2.5

Hardship financing

59.8

5.4

68.1

3.2

65.7

2.8

Euclidean distance, km (median, IQR)

11.4

(9.3–36.3)

9.9

(9.1–35.5)

11.0

(9.1–36.3)

Travel Time

–

–

–

–

–

–

< 30 min

36.4

5.1

43.8

3.4

41.6

2.8

30 min-1 h

25.0

4.6

18.4

2.6

20.3

2.3

1-2 h

22.7

4.5

25.3

3.0

24.6

2.5

2-3 h

12.5

3.5

9.2

2.0

10.2

1.7

3-6 h

2.3

1.6

1.8

0.9

2.0

0.8

Unknown

1.1

1.1

1.4

0.8

1.3

0.7

Disease Category

–

–

–

–

–

–

Hypertension

12.5

2.9

15.2

2.0

14.5

1.6

Diabetes

22.7

3.7

14.3

1.9

16.6

1.7

Heart failure

4.7

1.9

3.0

0.9

3.5

0.8

Multiple

25.0

3.8

28.4

2.5

27.4

2.1

Other

3.1

1.5

4.5

1.1

4.1

0.9

  1. Legend: SE standard error