Table 3 Treatment seeking for TB symptoms among women and men in the LDFU group
LDFU women n = 60 | LDFU men n = 26 | |||||||||
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How reporteda | How reporteda | |||||||||
Categorya | Total reported % | Spont % | Probe % | Most important % | Mean Prominenceb % | Total reported% | Spont % | Probe % | Most Important % | Mean Prominenceb |
Home remedies | 83.3 | 45.0 | 38.3 | 15.0 | 1.7 | 80.7 | 23.1 | 57.6 | 3.8 | 1.1 |
Pharmacy | 96.7 | 86.7 | 10.0 | 36.7 | 2.9 | 92.3 | 65.4 | 26.9 | 38.5 | 2.7 |
Hospital | 48.3 | 15.0 | 33.3 | 11.7 | 0.9 | 46.1 | 11.5 | 34.6 | 3.9 | 0.6 |
Traditional healer | 76.6 | 53.3 | 23.3 | 21.7 | 1.9 | 76.9 | 42.3 | 34.6 | 23.1 | 1.9 |
Religious healer | 40.0 | 11.7 | 28.3 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 42.3 | 11.5 | 30.8 | 11.5 | 0.8 |
Dispensary | 33.3 | 8.3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.4 | 34.6 | 23.1 | 11.5 | 7.7 | 0.6 |
TB clinic | 10.0 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 23.1 | 3.8 | 19.2 | 3.8 | 0.3 |