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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Bridging community and clinic through digital health: Community-based adaptation of a mobile phone-based heart failure program for remote communities in Uganda

Characteristic

 

Gulu

Lira

Sample Size

 

15

15

Age (years)

Mean (SD)

32 (18.6)

53 (12.7)

Range

18- 72

21- 84

Sex

Male

7

2

Female

8

13

Ethnicity

Black African

10

-

Acholi

3

1

Luo

2

1

Lango

-

11

Kumam

-

1

Itesot

-

1

Language

Luo

3

-

Acholi

11

-

Lango

-

10

English & Langi

1

-

English & Acholi

-

1

English & Kumam

-

1

English & Lango

-

1

English & Luo

-

1

Lango & Itesot

-

1

Marital status

Single

7

1

Married

6

8

Separated

2

1

Widowed

-

5

# Of people living in home

Mean (SD)

8.7 (4.4)

6.4 (2.3)

Range

20-Apr

10-Feb

Level of education

No Study

-

3

Primary

9

8

Highschool

5

3

University

1

1

Level of reading and writing

Illiterate

4

6

Some reading & writing

9

6

Fully literate

1

3

Monthly household income (Ugandan Shilling)

Mean (SD)

45,000 (75,119)

74,867 (154,308)

Range

0 – 300,000

0- 573,000

Employment status

Unemployed

12

9

Self-employed

3

3

Retired

-

3

Health issue of priority

Heart disease

9

6

Rhematic heart disease

3

-

Heart failure

2

4

Hypertension

1

5

Self-reported health status

Poor

4

4

Fair

3

9

Good

8

2

Excellent

-

-

Level of physical activity

Poor

2

6

Fair

2

7

Good

10

2

Excellent

-

-