Table 1 Respondents’ socio-demographic and patients’ clinical characteristics (N = 220)
Characteristic | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Survey respondent | ||
 Self | 150 | 68.2 |
 Caregiver | 70 | 31.8 |
Patient/respondent’s level of education | ||
 None | 48 | 21.8 |
 Primary | 123 | 55.9 |
 Secondary or higher | 44 | 20.0 |
 Missing data | 5 | 2.3 |
Patient’s district | ||
 Kayonza | 75 | 34.1 |
 Kirehe | 80 | 36.4 |
 Burera | 65 | 29.6 |
Patient’s gender | ||
 Male | 83 | 37.7 |
 Female | 137 | 62.3 |
Patient’s age (years) | ||
  < 5 | 28 | 12.7 |
 5–17 | 9 | 4.1 |
 18–35 | 34 | 15.5 |
 36–59 | 79 | 35.9 |
  > =60 | 36 | 16.4 |
 Missing data | 34 | 15.5 |
Patient’s marital status | ||
 Married | 81 | 36.8 |
 Cohabiting | 16 | 7.3 |
 Widowed | 28 | 12.7 |
 Divorced | 6 | 2.7 |
 Single - adult | 33 | 15.0 |
 Child | 56 | 25.5 |
Socio-economic status (Ubudehe category) | ||
 1 | 38 | 17.3 |
 2 | 82 | 37.3 |
 3 | 98 | 44.6 |
 Unknown | 2 | 0.9 |
Patient’s clinical program | ||
 HIV/AIDS | 49 | 22.3 |
 Non-communicable Disease (NCD) | 50 | 22.7 |
 Mental Health (MH) | 43 | 19.6 |
 Pediatric Development Clinic (PDC) | 47 | 21.4 |
 Oncology | 31 | 14.1 |
Patient’s diagnosesa | ||
 HIV/AIDS | 50 | 22.7 |
 Diabetes type 1 | 8 | 3.6 |
 Diabetes type 2 | 9 | 4.1 |
 Hypertension | 47 | 21.4 |
 Heart failure | 2 | 0.9 |
 Asthma | 14 | 6.4 |
 Cancer | 32 | 14.6 |
 Mental illnesses | 43 | 19.6 |
 PDC (Prematurity, low birth weight, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), etc.) | 47 | 21.4 |
Was the patient prescribed medication to help manage health at home? | ||
 No | 49 | 22.3 |
 Yes | 171 | 77.7 |
Estimated time (in hours) from the patient’s home to the health facility of usual health-care | ||
  < 1 h | 78 | 35.4 |
 1–2 h | 100 | 45.5 |
  > 2 h | 42 | 19.1 |
Was the patient living with someone who could help remind the patient to take medication or accompany the patient to the health facility? | ||
 No | 49 | 22.3 |
 Yes | 167 | 75.9 |
 Missing data | 4 | 1.8 |