Table 1 Participants’ health status/setting
Date of interview | Location of interview | Identity no. | Interviewee profile |
|---|---|---|---|
20/02/12 | Medical Centre | P01 | A 53-year-old man of East Indian descent lives with his wife and children in Barrackpore. He is a known hypertension and hypercholesterolemia patient with ischemic heart disease for 3Â years. He had a heart attack in 2012 and underwent open heart surgery in 2012. |
20/02/12 | Medical Centre | P02 | A 63-year-old man of East Indian descent lives with his wife in Gaspairllo. He is known to have diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia. He had a heart attack in 2010. |
30/01/13 | Medical Centre | P03 | A 78-year-old female housewife of mixed descent is a known diabetes and hypertension patient and lives with her family in Marabella. She has been experiencing recurrent palpitation for the past 3Â years. |
03/02/13 | Home | P04 | A 53-year-old unmarried man (Participant) of African descent from Couva with a full time job has had coronary artery disease for about 2Â years and experienced a heart attack in 2011. |
03/02/13 | Home | P05 | A 71-year-old man (Participant) from Chaguanas, who lives alone has had severe coronary artery disease and recurrent angina for at least 2Â years. |
04/02/13 | Medical Centre | P06 | A 70-year-old woman (Participant) of East Indian descent, who lives in Penal with her granddaughter, is a known diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia patient with ischemic heart disease for about 2Â years. |
04/02/13 | Medical Centre | P07 | A 63-year-old woman (Participant) of mixed descent from Barrackpore, who lives with her husband is a known diabetes and hypertension patient with ischemic heart disease for the past 4Â years. She underwent an open heart surgery in September 2011. |
05/02/13 | Medical Centre | P08 | A 69-year-old woman (Participant) of Indian descent, who lives in Barackpore, is a known diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia patient with ischemic heart disease for more than 6Â years. |
05/02/13 | Medical Centre | P09 | A 78-year-old widow (Participant) of East Indian descent from Princess Town who lives with her granddaughter is a known hypertension patient with severe aortic valve disease. She and underwent valve replacement in November 2012. |
05/02/13 | Medical Centre | P10 | A 67-year-old woman female vendor of East Indian descent is a widow who lives with her children in Freeport. She is diabetic, hypertensive, and asthmatic and has had ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (weak swollen heart) for the past 2Â years. |
30/01/13 | Medical Centre | P11 | A 68-year-old male of East Indian descent is from Gasparillo and lives with his wife and children. He is a known diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia patient and has had severe coronary artery disease for about 2Â years. He underwent open heart surgery in May 2012. |
14/02/13 | Medical Centre | P12 | A 29-year-old single man of African descent works part time and lives in Guapo. He is hypertensive and has had dilated cardiomyopathy (weak heart) for about 2Â years. |