Baseline characteristics of study population, by community
| Overall n=108 (%) | Community ‘A’ n=43 (%) | Community ‘B’ n=24 (%) | Community ‘C’ n=25 (%) | Community ‘D’ n=16 (%) | |
| Male | 37 (34) | 19 (44) | 5 (21) | 6 (24) | 7 (44) |
| Median age (years) (IQR) (n=101) | 59 (50–72) | 59 (54–72) | 54 (48–70) | 61 (54–73) | 55 (50–71) |
| Has a radio | 66 (61) | 30 (70) | 12 (50) | 17 (68) | 7 (44) |
| Has a car or motorcycle | 29 (27) | 8 (19) | 6 (25) | 11 (44) | 4 (25) |
| Type of remuneration for work | |||||
| Salary | 6 (6) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 4 (25) |
| Day labour | 31 (29) | 15 (35) | 9 (38) | 5 (20) | 2 (13 |
| None | 71 (66) | 27 (63) | 15 (63) | 19 (76) | 10 (63) |
| Diabetes diagnosis | 56 (52) | 29 (67) | 12 (50) | 6 (24) | 9 (56) |
| Hypertension diagnosis | 77 (71) | 34 (79) | 12 (50) | 23 (92) | 8 (50) |
| Person on whom I rely most for support: | |||||
| Spouse | 74 (69) | 29 (67) | 20 (83) | 13 (52) | 12 (75) |
| Child | 12 (11) | 4 (9) | 1 (4) | 5 (20) | 2 (13) |
| Other relative | 18 (17) | 9 (21) | 3 (13) | 4 (16) | 2 (13) |
| Neighbour | 4 (4) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 3 (12) | 0 (0) |
| Controlled diabetes and/or hypertension | 41 (38) | 18 (42) | 6 (25) | 15 (60) | 2 (13) |
| Optimally adherent – 5 day recall | 45 (42) | 23 (53) | 8 (33) | 8 (32) | 6 (38) |
| Optimally adherent—30-day recall | 54 (50) | 28 (65) | 11 (46) | 7 (28) | 8 (50) |
| Optimally adherent— adherence behaviour | 51 (47) | 25 (58) | 10 (42) | 8 (32) | 8 (50) |