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Table 5 Care seeking practices

From: Knowledge and care seeking practices for ear infections among parents of under five children in Kigali, Rwanda: a cross-sectional study

  

Frequency

Percent

Where they seek treatment

Health facilitya

780

96

Traditional medicinea

153

19

Community health worker

68

8

Self-medication

17

2

I would not seek treatment

8

1

Why they seek alternative therapy

Povertya

538

66

Ignorancea

504

62

No health insurancea

333

41

Not worried about it

23

3

No need, its incurable

17

2

Othersa

86

11

Source of information

Community Health workera

621

77

Health professionala

452

60

Family or neighbours

44

5

Others

28

4

I don’t need it

8

1

Consequences of infections

Hearing lossa

764

94

Persistence of the diseasea

115

14

Extension to other organsa

106

13

Death

70

7

None

25

3

Others

16

2

  1. aOutcomes with multiple responses