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Table 4 Barriers to RTI/STI services mentioned by respondents

From: Care seeking behaviour and barriers to accessing services for sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Laos: a cross-sectional study

 

Sought treatment for RTI/STI

  

Barriers

Yes

 

No

 

Total

 
 

n = 90

%

n = 155

%

n = 245

%

   Long waiting time

60

66.7

23

20.0

83

32.7

   Inconvenient location

28

31.1

57

49.6

85

33.5

   Judgmental attitude

9

10.0

20

17.4

29

11.4

   Bureaucratic procedures

8

8.9

8

7.0

16

6.3

   Lack of money

6

6.7

22

19.1

28

11.0

   Don't know where to go

4

4.4

29

25.2

33

13.0

   Don't have time

4

4.4

22

19.1

26

10.2

   Lack of confidentiality

0

0

19

16.5

19

7.5

   Don't care not important

0

0

16

13.9

16

6.3

   Afraid of the result

0

0

1

0.9

1

0.4

  1. * Multiple responses were allowed; the sums of responses are therefore greater than 100%