Task shifting in the management of hypertension in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with uncontrolled HTN

Variables	Crude OR [95%CI]	p-value	Adjusted OR [95%CI]^a	p-value
Gender (male vs female)	1.3 [0.7–2.4]	0.353	1.3 [0.6–2.8]	0.430
Attended school
No	0.8 [0.4–1.6]	0.530	1.7 [0.5–5.2]	0.365
Yes	1
Co-morbidity
Yes	8.5 [3.3–22.1]	0.000^b	10.3 [3.8–28.3]	0.000^b
No	1		1
Type of anti-hypertensive drugs
Multitherapy	4.9 [1.4–16.6]	0.011^b	4.6 [1.3–16.1]	0.017^b
No treatment	0.8 [0.4–1.6]	0.446	0.6 [0.3–1.3]	0.199
Monotherapy	1		1
Experience of side effects
Yes	1.0 [0.4–2.5]	0.965	1.1 [0.4–3.1]	0.786
No	1
Treatment adherence
No	0.9 [0.4–1.6]	0.658	0.9 [0.4–1.7]	0.658
Yes	1
Time given by HCP
Insufficient	1.1 [0.4–2.9]	0.827	0.6 [0.2–2.0]	0.390
Sufficient	1
Type of HCF
HC	1.1 [0.6–1.9]	0.768	0.6 [0.3–1.2]	0.160
GRH	1		1

CI confidence interval, GRH general referral hospital, HC health center, HCP health care provider, HCF health care facility, OR odds ratio
^aAdjusted for gender, having attended school, the time given/allocated by the provider, the experience of side effects, types of anti-hypertensive, treatment adherence and co-morbidity; ^b statistically significant

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