Capacity and site readiness for hypertension control program implementation in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 General and Cardiovascular Disease Service Availability and Readiness Indicators for 60 Primary Healthcare Center in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Service Availability and Readiness Indicator^a	Local Government Area Council
Service Availability and Readiness Indicator^a	Abaji (n = 8)	AMAC (n = 15)	Bwari (n = 8)	Gwagwalada (n = 11)	Kuje (n = 8)	Kwali (n = 10)
General Service Readiness
Basic Amenities^b	52.1	48.9	56.3	43.9	41.7	28.3
Basic Equipment^c	67.5	80.0	100.0	70.9	57.5	74.0
Infection Prevention^d	93.8	56.7	81.3	68.2	75.0	90.0
Diagnostic Capacity^e	59.4	83.3	90.6	61.4	62.5	62.5
Essential Medicines^f	6.3	24.4	29.2	13.6	6.3	5.0
Cardiovascular Disease Service Availability
Availability^g	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	87.5	90.0
Cardiovascular Disease Readiness Indicators
Guidelines^h	12.5	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0
Equipmentⁱ	70.9	84.4	100	69.7	66.7	73.4
Medicines^j	7.5	28.0	30.0	16.4	7.5	6.0

^aEach indicator is calculated as the proportion of amenities, equipment, diagnostic tests, or medicines within a defined SARA domain
^bThe item “Room with auditory and visual privacy for patient consultations” was not included
^cThe item “Child scale” was not included
^dThe items “Safe final disposal of infectious wastes”, “Appropriate storage of sharps waste”, “Appropriate storage of infectious waste”, “Disinfectant”, “Single use —standard disposable or auto-disable syringes”, “Soap and running water or alcohol-based hand rub” and “Latex gloves” were not included
^eThe items “Malaria diagnostic capacity”, “HIV diagnostic capacity”, “Syphilis rapid test” and “Urine test for pregnancy” were not included
^fItems “CCB”, “Aspirin”, “Beta Blockers”, “ACE”, “Statin” and “Thiazide” were included
^gCalculated as the proportion of facilities offering cardiovascular disease diagnosis and/or management
^hThe item “guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of chronic cardiovascular conditions” was included
ⁱThe items “Stethoscope”, “Blood pressure apparatus” and “Adult scale” were included
^jThe items “CCB”, “Aspirin”, “Beta Blockers”, “ACE” and “Thiazide” were included

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