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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
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8.8. What challenges have you faced in relaying your blood pressure measurements (dh_q8p8)

Data file: ngao ya afya (2)

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Literal question
What challenges have you faced in relaying your blood pressure measurements? List
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 3
60%
30 2
40%
Afya pap not working 1
Afya pap system hangs,not working 1
Airtime/ bundles 1
Am just reluctant to send no challenge at all 1
Am not aware of any app/ platform of sending my measurement 1
Application failed 1
At times lack of batteries 1
At times the respondent just forgets 1
At times the results doesn't go through 1
At times you try to send but it doesn't send 1
Basic phone 1
Basic phone doesn't have an app 1
Battery 2
Battery low on the machine sometimes 1
Because of Corona virus 1
Being busy sometimes 1
Can't be able to type in the figures as feels she is too old 1
Cannot recall on how to use it 1
Cannot remember 1
Cant operate a phone well,know how to pick a call only 1
Challenge typing due to short eye sight 1
Check.patient not hypertensive 1
Claimed to not having hypertension any longer so the idea of measuring BP stopped. 1
Currently doesn't have a smart phones and feels it difficult to use the non android one 1
Did not understand how to use it 1
Didn't know understand how to relay 1
Didn't understand the afya pap,how it works: phone not charged 1
Difficult to use 1
Do not relay since was transferred from melchizedek to KNH 1
Does not have Afya pap app 1
Does not know how to do it 1
Does not know how to relay the measurements 1
Does not know how to send 2
Does not know how to use the application 1
Does not know how to use the machine 1
Does not know the proper time and how to relay the information via phone 1
Does not understand how to do it unless assisted 1
Doesn't know how it is sent 1
Doesn't know how to 2
Doesn't know how to do it 1
Doesn't know how to relay 4
Doesn't know how to relay by his own 1
Doesn't know how to relay the measure 1
Doesn't know how to send 2
Doesn't know how to send the measurements via the phone 1
Doesn't know how to use the Afya pap 1
Doesn't know how to use the application 1
Doesn't understand how to use and rely her measurements on Afya Pap 1
Doesnt have Afya pap 1
Doesnt have the Afya Pap 1
Doesnt have the app 2
Doesnt understand 1
Don't know how to relay the measurements 1
Don't know how to operate a cell phone well hence a challenge 1
Don't know how to relay 2
Don't know how to relay measurements 1
Don't know how to relay the measurements 12
Don't know how to send 2
Don't know how to use the application 1
Don't know the Application 1
Don't know to send 1
Error popping each time the patient tries updating 1
Faultyness of the machine 1
Faultyness with the bp machine 1
Faultyness with the machine 3
Faultyness with the machine at times 1
Feels lazy to send, 1
First reading being too high than other readings 1
Forgetful,ignorance 1
Forgets at times 1
Forgets to relay the measurements 2
Forgets to relay the values 1
Forgetting 4
Forgetting to relay blood pressure Measurement 1
Forgetting to relay the information 1
Forgetting to send 1
Forgetting to send the measurements 1
Forgot 2
Forgot how to relay 1
Forgot how to relay the measurements 1
Forgot how to use the application 1
Forgot how to use the platform 1
Forgot howbto go about it 1
Forgot on how the measurements were relayed 1
Forgot on how to feed the measurements on the app 1
Forgot on how to relay measurements 1
Forgot on how to send the measurements 1
Forgot the number she was using to relay so she hasn't relayed in the last 3 months 1
Forgot to send 1
Full understanding of 1
Had gone home without machine 1
Had no problem 1
Has a problem with the phone 1
Has challenges operating a cellphone 1
Has not been relaying since forgot the process of taking the measurements and relaying 1
Has not been relaying since it used to fail every time she tried. 1
Has not been trained how to do it 1
Have issues with the phone 1
Have never tried sending the measurements, feels that it's a bit complicated 1
Have no idea how it's done,a neighbour who used to do it for her moved away. 1
Have not been taking measurements 1
Having a faulty phone Not having a smartphone that can download the app. 1
He doesn't know about Afya Pap and has never sent measurements 1
He has a problem with the phone 1
He has forgotten the number used to send but will ask the doctor 1
Her battery had finished so she wasn't able to send 1
Her phone refuses to send it refused to send 1
How do update the app, technical challenges 1
I deleted the application by mistake but I'm yet to redownload it and continue to send the measurements. 1
I do not own a smartphone to download the application 1
I don't have a smartphone 1
I don't have the app 1
I don't how to send 1
I don't know how it is done. 1
I don't know how to relay 1
I don't know how to send 2
I don't know how to send the measurements 1
I don't own a smartphone 2
I don't own a smartphone to download the application 2
I forget to relay 1
I forgot how I was shown to send 1
I have a basic phone,doesn't have an app 1
I have a very basic phone,no smart phone 1
I have been busy 1
I have been sick 1
I have no idea that I'm supposed to send measurements 1
I haven't sent when I try to send it refuses so I write down on a book 1
I never got the application 1
I nolonger have the application in my phone 1
I was not about sending the results 1
I'm not aware of this idea that I'm supposed to send measurements 1
I've never tried to send,just record on a notebook 1
Inadequate time,forgetting 1
It does not accept 1
It is her child who used to help in relaying and she has relocated to upcountry 1
Just laziness will start relaying the results 1
Lack of Airtime 1
Lack of BP machine battery 1
Lack of Internet connection 1
Lack of a phone 1
Lack of adequate time to relay the readings. 1
Lack of airtime 2
Lack of airtime, was told the ngao project has stopped so he saw no need of sending results 1
Lack of baterries Faultyness with the machine 1
Lack of batteries 7
Lack of batteries at times 1
Lack of batteries for the machine 1
Lack of batteries sometimes 1
Lack of bundles 3
Lack of credit to send 1
Lack of data 1
Lack of data bundles 2
Lack of enough time 1
Lack of mb bundles. 1
Lack of money 1
Lack of money for airtime 1
Lack of the batteries 1
Lack of time 4
Lack of time to relay the pressure measurements 1
Lack of time to send 1
Lack of time,forgetting 1
Left at home as he went visiting his family at their rural home 1
Lost his phone 1
Lost phn 1
Maybe not being in a position to send at that particular time 1
Message error code display 1
Messages not going through i.e getting responses like try again 1
My phone 1
My phone is not a smartphone so I use a book 1
My phone isn't smartphone so I just record somewhere 1
My phone refuses to send 1
My phone setting was restarted and the app disappeared, tried to restore it but it failed 1
N When I send a get a message that am not in the system 1
NA 10
Na 3
Network 2
Never explained to me on how to do it. 1
Never sent 1
Never shown how to relay the measurements 1
Never taught about 1
Never tried to relay as there is a lady who walks around measuring our bp and recording- every wednesday 1
Never understood the procedure of relaying: records in a notebook 1
No 2
No airtime/ bundles 1
No challenge 2
No challenge apart from jyst forgetting atimes 1
No challenges 2
No one to assist me in relaying 1
No one to guide her 1
No phone 1
No problem 1
None 181
None Hasn't sent because of laziness 1
None so far,I send my measurements always 1
None, Has not been relaying 1
None, phone related challenges 1
None, so far he will start sending them 1
None, sometimes doesn't it relay when it's normal. 1
None,got re.actant in relaying 1
None- I just decided to be recording 1
Not Applicable 1
Not able to do so,was instructed to write 1
Not able to operate a phone in sending messages 1
Not able to relay because she does not know how to 1
Not able to send because can't read and write 1
Not able to send, 1
Not able to sent via that application it always bounces. 1
Not aware 1
Not aware of the system in place 1
Not aware of how it is done,was instructed to write down on a notebook after every measurement 1
Not aware of this services 2
Not being able to see has a sight problem 1
Not being in aposition to send 1
Not encountered any challenge 1
Not encountered major challenges apart from few errors while sending 1
Not having cash to buy batteries for the BP machine,Busy 1
Not trained 1
Not trained on how to use it 1
Nothing 1
Operating a cellphone 1
Operating the gadget 1
Operating the phone,airtme 1
Operation of phone is a challenge,:can't remember the codes for afya pap 1
Operation of phone is difficult as I can see properly: has eye problem 1
Patient doent have Afya pap 1
Patient doesnt have Afya pap 1
Patient doesnt have the Afya pap 1
Patient only recods but does no send 1
Patient only records in a book 1
Phone is basic 1
Phone is the basic one 1
Phone issues 1
Phone issues made the measurements not to be relayed 1
Phone problems, he was not having a phone 1
Poor sight and can therefore not read the measurements 1
Popping errors and atimes it's involving 1
Privacy, lack of time 1
Problem with the phone 1
Records but never sends 1
Respondent feels lazy in being consistent 1
Sending is a problem I must have someone assist in sending so I write 1
Sending the vitals no longer 1
Sends the results with no 1
She can't use her phone to send and she didn't understand how to send during enrollment 1
She does not know how to relay the values 1
She doesn't understand how to rely measurements on the Afya Pap 1
She forgets to send. 1
She forgot how to send 1
She forgot how to send the measurements via the phone 1
She forgot how to send the measurements. 1
She hasnt been taking the measurements 1
She is very old, 76 years and always needs assistance to measure 1
She was not able to attend the training on how to use the app 1
She wasnt told 1
Skipping the numbers of time am suppose to measure 1
Sometime being busy and forgetting 1
Sometimes I forget to send 1
Sometimes forgets the process of sending the measurements 1
Sometimes it bounces back 1
Sometimes she forgets to send the mesurements 1
Sometimes the application fails 1
Stopped after the onset of Covid 19 1
System keeps on failing 1
The Respondent is diabetic 1
The afya pap app gives error message 1
The app doesnt work 1
The app gets deleted all the time on my phone: it disappears when I try to send 1
The app is not functional 1
The application fails 1
The messages I send are never delivered 1
The patient did not understand how to relay the information during enrollment 1
The patient did not understand the process of sending to Afya Pap 1
The patient is not able to rely measurements. It keeps saying error when sending 1
The patient's phone has a problem 1
The phone I using currently does not support 1
The phone does not support the 1
The phone she is using is the problem 1
The phone wasn't working 1
The readings don't get transmitted/transfered 1
The readings when they reach 50 it removes itself instead of sending and says invalid 1
The results were not going correctly, 1
The son was the one trained to use the app and he moved out to fend for himself 1
The system error 1
The text message always fails 2
Tiresome 1
Too old to do it 1
Tries to send tells him unavailable command 1
Using a phone is difficult due to my pooed eye sight 1
Very busy 1
Very sickly 1
Was Preoccupied and forgot 1
Was never told about the app 1
Was not taught on how to use it he has not heard about it yet 1
Was not trained on how to use the app 1
Was preoccupied 2
When I send through the number it doesn't bring any response 1
When I try to send how I was shown now it hangs so I haven't been able to send in July and August. 1
Yuu 1
battery low- BP machine 1
busy and forgets 1
can't use app 1
confusion due to COVID 19 1
did know if the doctor has received the information 1
did not understand how to use app 1
does not have a smart phone 1
does not know how to use the app 1
forgets 1
forgetting At times to sickly 1
forgot 2
husband hospilized 1
lost her phone 1
lost link to the app 1
na 1
needs airtime to send 1
needs help room use app 1
needs help to use a phone 1
network problem app stopped working 1
never enrolled 1
no challenge 6
no problem 1
not enrolled 1
phone was factory restored and she lost the app 1
sends once a week 1
too busy 1
too busy, forgot 1
traveled to the rural home and did not carry BP and Bs machine 1
unable to use app 1
use paper for easy reference 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
Question post text
N/A
Interviewer instructions
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Description

Text
The type and number of challenges the respondent may have faced in relaying his/her blood preasure 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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Notes
"8.8. What challenges have you faced in relaying your blood pressure measurements? List"
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