Table 1 Socio-demographic information of patient participants

Number of patient participants

 Number of patients (n = 426)

141

33%

141

33%

144

34%

Age

 18– 35 years

44

31%

60

42%

47

32%

 36– 55 years

80

57%

69

49%

76

53%

 56 + years

17

12%

12

9%

21

15%

Median age was 41 years (IQR 39.5 to 41.7)

Gender

 Female

104

74%

95

67%

97

67%

 Male

37

26%

46

33%

43

30%

 Transgender

-

-

-

-

4

3%

In all 3 facilities the majority were females. Overall: females 296 (69%), males 126 (30%), transgender 4 (1%)

Educational level

 Primary Education

51

36%

44

31%

18

13%

 Matric

72

51%

64

45%

87

60%

 Tertiary

13

9%

19

13%

39

27%

 No schooling

4

3%

8

6%

-

-

Overall: 223 (52%) patients had secondary school education, whilst 113 (27%) had primary school level of education, and 71 (17%) having tertiary education with 12 (3%) patients having no educational background

Employment

 Self-employed

24

17%

23

16%

14

10%

 Employed

42

30%

38

27%

46

32%

 Non-employed

69

49%

77

55%

74

51%

 Pensioner

6

4%

1

1%

9

6%

Overall: 220 (52%) patients were unemployed, 126 (30%) were employed with 61 (14%) being patients that were self-employed while 16 (4%) were receiving a pension grant

Mode of transportation used when coming to the facility

 Walk

12

9%

19

13%

18

13%

 Bus

5

4%

3

2%

10

7%

 Taxi

113

80%

104

74%

98

68%

 Train

1

0.7%

1

0.7%

2

1%

 Own car

10

7%

11

8%

16

11%

Overall: 315 (74%) travelled by taxi, 49 (12%) walked, 18 (10%) travelled by bus, 37 (9%) used own car, 4 (0.9%) travelled by train

Residential area

 Urban area

19

4%

8

2%

55

13%

 Rural area

24

6%

32

8%

14

3%

 Township area

92

22%

90

22%

62

15%

 Semi-urban area

6

1%

7

2%

12

3%

Overall: 244 (57%) lived in the township, 82 (19%) urban area, 70 (16%) rural area, 25 (6%) semi-urban