Profile of people with hypertension in Nairobi’s slums: a descriptive study

Table 3 History of hypertension

	All (N = 440)
	N	%	95 % CI
Time since diagnosis (years)
<1	14	3.2	1.9–5.3
1–2	285	64.8	60.2–69.1
2–5	56	12.7	9.9–16.2
5–10	39	8.9	6.5–11.9
>10	46	10.5	7.9–13.7
Place of diagnosis
CHW visit	298	68.5
Private healthcare facility	92	21.1
Public healthcare facility	45	10.3
Ever used anti-hypertensive drugs
No	336	76.5
Yes	103	23.5
Medication use
Daily	80	77.7
On most days	10	9.7
On some days	7	6.8
When I felt bad	6	5.8
Total cost of anti-hypertensive drugs per month
No cost, free	13	12.6
<100 KES	11	10.7
100–299 KES	30	29.1
300–499 KES	28	27.2
≥500 KES	21	20.4
Currently taking the anti-hypertensive drugs
Yes	54	52.4
No	49	47.6
Reason for stopping the anti-hypertensive drugs
Could no longer afford the medication	25	51.0
I felt better, did not need further treatment	15	30.6
Other	9	18.4

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