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Evaluating a service model for management of hypertension and diabetes among low- and middle income patients enrolled on M-TIBA in Nairobi, Kenya, Ngao Ya Afya

Kenya, 2018 - 2020
Health and Well-Being (HaW)
Catherine Kyobutungi, PhD
Last modified June 19, 2025 Page views 670 Documentation in PDF Metadata DDI/XML JSON
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8.11. What challenges have you faced in relaying your blood sugar measurements ? (dh_q8p11)

Data file: ngao ya afya (2)

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Literal question
What challenges have you faced in relaying your blood sugar measurements? List
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 4
66.7%
30 2
33.3%
A granddaughter does it for me 1
Afya pap doesn't work sometimes 1
Afya pap not working 2
Airtime/ bundles 1
App hangs/ gives an error has occurred message 1
At times forgetting..or lack of strips 1
At times i forget or am nt in a position to send 1
At times when you send it refuses 1
Because Corona virus 1
Boring as it keeps on asking to try again after sending 1
Can't remember how to operate the app 1
Challenge typing, has issues with sight 1
Confusion due to COVID 19 1
Do not have money to by strips 1
Does not have a glucometer 1
Does not have a pricker/syringe 1
Does not have the Afya pap 1
Does not know how to use the machine 1
Does not know proper time and how to relay information via phone 1
Doesn't know how to use the Afya Pap 1
Doesn't have a BG machine ,therefore does not measure or relay 1
Doesn't have a glucometer 5
Doesn't have either the Bp Machine or the glucometer 1
Doesn't have machine 1
Doesn't know how to 1
Doesn't know how to relay 1
Doesn't know how to relay by his own 1
Doesn't know how to relay measurements since she has challenge operating a cellphone 1
Doesn't know how to relay the results 1
Doesn't know how to send 1
Doesn't know how to use the app 1
Doesn't remember how to do it Machines are no longer working. 1
Doesnt have Afya Pap 1
Doesnt have Afya pap 1
Doesnt have a glucometer 1
Doesnt have glucometer for measuring at home 1
Don't even understand how it works 1
Don't have BP and BG Machine 1
Don't have a glucometer,don't know how to relay the measurements 1
Don't have the glucometer 1
Don't know how to relay 2
Don't know how to relay on afya pap: no credit on phone 1
Don't know how to relay the measurements 5
Don't know how to send 1
Don't know how to use the Afya Pap Application 2
Don't know how to use the application 1
Dont have afya pap,&i can't operate a phone. 1
During enrollement she never understood how to use Afya Pap . She hence records her measurements in a notebook and takes it with her in every visit 1
Error when tries to send says unavailable command 1
Forgets to relay the measurements 1
Forgetting 5
Forgetting how to dial the number 1
Forgetting to relay the measurements 1
Forgetting to send 1
Forgetting to send the results 1
Forgot 2
Forgot especially when granddaughter is not around 1
Forgot how to go about it 1
Forgot how to use the application 1
Forgot on how the measurements were relayed 1
Forgot on how to feed the measurements on the app 1
Forgot on how to follow 1
Forgot the number she was using to relay mesurements 1
Forgot to relay 1
Fu 1
Glucometer not working 2
Had gone home without machine 1
Has a sight problem 1
Has challenges operating a cellphone 1
Has had a problem with his phone 1
Have been very sick. Forgot the sending process 1
He doesn't use Afya Pap since he's very old and he can't see well 1
He doesn't know how to use the Afya Pap 1
Her child who used to help her relocated to upcountry 1
Hy 1
I do not have a glucometer at home 1
I was not issued with a machine ,i have to go the clinic incase i want my bp and dm taken.. 1
I cant operate a phone very well 1
I cant remember how to use the machine 1
I didn't understand how I can send. 1
I don't have a glucometer at home and so it becomes tricky 1
I don't have the mobile application on my phone 1
I don't own a glucometer 1
I don't own a smartphone 1
I don't own a smartphone I don't know how to send the measurements too 1
I don't own a smartphone to download the application 1
I don't sent 1
I forget to send 1
I have been admitted fir the last one month 1
I have been sick 1
I have to look for someone to assist in sending 1
I mistakenly uninstalled the mobile app and I don't know how to reinstall it 1
I never knew how to relay 1
I only forget to send 1
I only have a basic phone 1
I try relaying the readings and it hangs,brings error message 1
I've never known how to send: my eyes are also not so good 1
Inadequate time 1
It refuses when I try to send 1
It's difficult for the respondent:she never understood the process. 1
Keeps popping an error 1
Lack of Internet connection 1
Lack of a strips 1
Lack of airtime 2
Lack of airtime to send the readings 1
Lack of data bundles 1
Lack of education limiting his ability to grasp how to use the app 1
Lack of enough strips 1
Lack of money for Internet connection 1
Lack of money of sending the results 1
Lack of money to buy airtime 1
Lack of money to buy strips 1
Lack of money to send the measurements 1
Lack of somebody to assist 1
Lack of strippes 1
Lack of strips 16
Lack of strips at times 1
Lack of strips to test 1
Lack of strips. My bp machine was stolen 1
Lack of strips.. 1
Lack of time 2
Lack of understanding in relaying information on the App during enrollment. 1
Lack of understanding the Afya Pap 1
Laziness though will start relaying the measurements 1
Lazy to do it 1
Lost phone 1
Lost the phone that had the application 1
Lsack of strips 1
Machine got lost 1
My machines were stolen 1
My phone 1
N 1
N/A 6
N9ne 1
NA 10
Network fails sometimes 1
Networking problems 2
Never 1
Never done it since did not receive the machine 1
Never had the application 1
Never received glucometer 1
Never received machines 1
Never received the machine 1
Never received the testing machines 1
Never relay 1
Never relayed because the application never opens 1
Never sends 1
Never tests 1
Never told to relay 1
Never understood how to relay the mesurements 1
Never used the app 1
Nine 1
No 6
No BG Machine 1
No BP and BG Machine 1
No Time 1
No airtime, operating the phone is not easy 1
No app 1
No app on my phone, not aware how it can be sent via sms 1
No challenge 1
No challenges 2
No glucometer 1
No longer have a smartphone. 1
No one to guide 1
No phone uses someone's phone 1
No problem 2
No strips for making measurements 1
No time 1
None 143
None,my daughter in law sends for me 1
None..just felt lazy yo relay. 1
Nophone 1
Not able to 1
Not able to send 1
Not able to send because can't read and write 1
Not able to sent via the application it always bounces 1
Not applicable 1
Not aware 1
Not aware about the procedure 1
Not aware of how it is done, was instructed to write down on a notebook 1
Not aware of this services 1
Not being in a position to send 1
Not having a phone 1
Not relayed in the past 2 months since she lost a smartphones she was used to. 1
Not successful as it has errors 1
Not trained 2
Not trained on how to use it 1
Not understanding the information sent in my phone I do not have a glucometer 1
Only knows how to relay when using a smart phone ,currently doesn't have one 1
Only records 1
Patient does nit have the Afya pap 1
Patient does not afya papa 1
Patient does not have Afya Pap 1
Patient does not have the Afya pap app 1
Patient doesnt have Afya Pap 1
Patient doesnt have Afya pap and glucometer 1
Patient doesnt have glucometer 1
Patient has no Afya pap 1
Patient only records 1
Patient was not given glucometer 1
Phone breakdown 2
Phone is basic 1
Phone wasn't working 1
Poor eye sight and a times nobody to help relay the blood sugar measurement 1
Poor eye sight can operate a phone very well 1
Popping errors 1
Records bu never sends 1
Relatant in sending of results 1
Remembering how to send he forgot how it works 1
Says invalid when he tries 1
She claimed to no longer have diabetes based on several previous tests. 1
She didn't understand how to send measurements during enrollment and she can't use her phone to send 1
She does not have a glucometer. 1
She doesn't have a BP machine 1
She is not conversant with taking measurements. 1
She is not learned 1
She is too old, 76 years and can't measure on her own 1
She says she always forgets the procedure of sending the measurements 1
Some instructions were not clear 1
Sometimes I forget to send the measurements 1
Sometimes forgets the process of sending the readings 1
Sometimes she forgets to send the measurements because she's busy 1
Sometimes the application fails 1
Sometimes the phone refuses to relay texts 1
Strips are over so she is unable to take measurements. 1
System error 1
System keeps on failing 1
Testing machines got lost 1
The Respondent was never given glucometer so he cannot relay his measurement 1
The application is in a different phone 1
The condition is well managed 1
The messages I send are never delivered 1
The number 1
The respondent doesn't have Bp machine and glucometer 1
Too old to do it 1
Very busy 1
Was Preoccupied and forgot 1
Was not issued with the machine 1
Was not trained on how to use the platform 1
Was preoccupied 2
Was trained but did not grasp the concept of sending the measurements 1
Wasn't trained how to do it 1
Wasnt issued with a machine 1
Wasnt issued with the machine 1
When I try to send it hangs or something was changed. 1
application got lost but did not know if it can be downloaded again 1
can't use app 1
difficult to use basic phone (mulika mwizi) 1
does not have a glucometer 1
does not have a smart phone 1
does not know how to operate her phone 1
does not know how to use app 1
her phone had a problem 1
lost her phone 1
lost link to the app 1
na 1
needs airtime to use app 1
no challenge 7
non 1
not enrolled on afya pap 1
the doctor did not instruct her to do that 1
too busy, forgot 1
traveled to the rural home and left the machines in nairobi 1
unable to use the afya app 1
very difficult 1
was not enrolled 1
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Question pretext
Satisfaction with care & Adherence
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Description

Text
The type and number of challenges the respondent may have faced in relaying his/her blood sugar measurements
Universe
Patients of Hypertention and Diabetes in low and middle income parts of Nairobi, who are enrolled on M-TIBA

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"8.11. What challenges have you faced in relaying your blood sugar measurements ? List"
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