R C Manjomo1, B Mwagomba2, S Ade3, E Ali4, A Ben-Smith5, P Khomani1, P Bondwe1, D Nkhoma1, G P Douglas6, K Tayler-Smith4, L Chikosi7, A D Harries8, O J Gadabu1. 1. Baobab Health Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi. 2. Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi. 3. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France ; National Tuberculosis Programme, Cotonou, Benin. 4. Medical Department, Operational Centre Brussels, Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg. 5. Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 6. Center for Health Informatics for the Underserved, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 7. Area 25 Urban Health Centre, Lilongwe, Malawi. 8. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France ; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Abstract
SETTING: Patients with chronic non-communicable diseases attending a primary health care centre, Lilongwe, Malawi. OBJECTIVE: Using an electronic medical record monitoring system, to describe the quarterly and cumulative disease burden, management and outcomes of patients registered between March 2014 and June 2015. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. RESULTS: Of 1135 patients, with new registrations increasing each quarter, 66% were female, 21% were aged ⩾65 years, 20% were obese, 53% had hypertension alone, 18% had diabetes alone, 12% had asthma, 10% had epilepsy and 7% had both hypertension and diabetes. In every quarter, about 30% of patients did not attend the clinic and 19% were registered as lost to follow-up (not seen for ⩾1 year) in the last quarter. Of those attending, over 90% were prescribed medication, and 80-90% with hypertension and/or diabetes had blood pressure/blood glucose measured. Over 85% of those with epilepsy had no seizures and 60-75% with asthma had no severe attacks. Control of blood pressure (41-51%) and diabetes (15-38%) was poor. CONCLUSION: It is feasible to manage patients with non-communicable diseases in a primary health care setting in Malawi, although more attention is needed to improve clinic attendance and the control of hypertension and diabetes.
SETTING:Patients with chronic non-communicable diseases attending a primary health care centre, Lilongwe, Malawi. OBJECTIVE: Using an electronic medical record monitoring system, to describe the quarterly and cumulative disease burden, management and outcomes of patients registered between March 2014 and June 2015. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. RESULTS: Of 1135 patients, with new registrations increasing each quarter, 66% were female, 21% were aged ⩾65 years, 20% were obese, 53% had hypertension alone, 18% had diabetes alone, 12% had asthma, 10% had epilepsy and 7% had both hypertension and diabetes. In every quarter, about 30% of patients did not attend the clinic and 19% were registered as lost to follow-up (not seen for ⩾1 year) in the last quarter. Of those attending, over 90% were prescribed medication, and 80-90% with hypertension and/or diabetes had blood pressure/blood glucose measured. Over 85% of those with epilepsy had no seizures and 60-75% with asthma had no severe attacks. Control of blood pressure (41-51%) and diabetes (15-38%) was poor. CONCLUSION: It is feasible to manage patients with non-communicable diseases in a primary health care setting in Malawi, although more attention is needed to improve clinic attendance and the control of hypertension and diabetes.
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Malawi; SORT IT; electronic medical record system; non-communicable disease; operational research
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