Table 1 |
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Characteristics of study participants |
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In-depth Interview (n = 6) |
Focus Group Discussions (n = 18) |
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Age mean in years (range) |
64 (53-71) |
60 (30-75) |
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Ethnicity |
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Malay |
2 |
6 |
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Chinese |
2 |
9 |
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Indian |
2 |
3 |
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Duration of HBPM use mean in years (range) |
9 (2-18) |
5 (0.6-20) |
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Years of Hypertension mean in years (range) |
12 (3-30) |
10 (0.7-26) |
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Occupations |
Retired clerk, teacher, housewife, retired officer, technical assistant, retired teacher |
Retired clerk, teacher, housewife, retired officer, technical assistant, retired teacher, lorry driver |
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Abdullah and Othman BMC Family Practice 2011 12:143 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-12-143 |
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