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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the patients attending health facilities in Agincourt sub-district in 2013 (n = 435)

From: Relationships between structure, process and outcome to assess quality of integrated chronic disease management in a rural South African setting: applying a structural equation model

Variable

Frequency (%)

Age (years)

 18–29

23 (5.3)

 30–39

69 (15.8)

 40–49

68 (15.6)

 50–59

88 (20.3)

 60–79

187 (43.0)

 Mean ± SD (55 ± 16.5); Median = 56

Gender

 

 Female

354 (81.4)

 Male

81 (18.6)

Education (years)

 No formal education

164 (37.6)

  ≤ 6

217 (49.9)

  > 6

54 (12.5)

Type of grant

 None

91 (20.9)

 Old agea

299 (68.7)

 Disability

44 (10.1)

 HIV

1 (0.3)

Labour status

 Not presently working

431 (99.0)

 Presently working

4 (1.0)

Nationality

 South African

415 (95.5)

 Mozambican

20 (4.5)

Chronic disease statusb

 Hypertension

292 (67.0)

 HIV

141 (32.4)

 Diabetes

2 (0.5)

  1. aOld age grant is a social security grant given to South Africans ≥ 60 years of age
  2. bDiagnoses of chronic diseases were retrieved from the patients’ clinic records