Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants
Variable | Participant category | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health care users (patients) | Health care providers | Community members | Community leaders | Policy makers | Clinical researchers | International NGOS | Total | |
Age | ||||||||
25–29 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
30–34 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
35–39 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
40–44 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
45–49 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
50 + | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
Sex | ||||||||
Men | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
Women | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
Education | ||||||||
No education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
≤ Primary (P.7) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
≤ Senior four (S.4) | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
≤ senior six (S.6) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Diploma | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Degree | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
Marital status | ||||||||
Married | 18 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 39 |
Single | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Widow/widower | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Family status | ||||||||
Has children | 30 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 58 |
Has no children | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Disease condition | ||||||||
Had HIV alone, | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
Had HTN alone | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Had DM alone | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Had HIV and HTN | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Had DM and HTN | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Had HIV and DM | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Had all conditions | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
All participants | 30 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 63 |