From: Community concepts of malaria-related illness with and without convulsions in southern Ghana
Outside help seeking reported1 | How reported2 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Vignette with convulsion (n = 101) | Vignette without convulsion (n = 100) | ||
 | Total | Fraction Spont. | Total | Fraction Spont. |
Clinic & hospital | 99.0 | 0.96 | 100.0 | 1.00 |
Government/community clinic | 95.1 | 0.96 | 99.0 | 0.97 |
Government hospital | 95.0 | 0.96 | 98.0 | 1.00 |
Local healers & religious leaders | 84.2 | 0.40 | 66.0 | 0.26** |
Local healers | 69.4 | 0.46 | 57.0 | 0.26** |
Religious leaders (pastors/Imams) | 44.3 | 0.11 | 35.0 | 0.06 |
Other source of modern pharmaceuticals | 13.8 | 0.43 | 19.0 | 0.21 |
Health worker in the community for advice | 12.8 | 0.38 | 17.0 | 0.12 |
Drug/chemical shops for advice | 3.0 | 0.33 | 8.0 | 0.25 |