Table 2.

Attitudes towards Traditional Medicine (TM) and types of TM treatments

	Modalities	% of patients followed by traditional medicine [95% CI]	Used TM, n = 2,430 (%)	Did not use TM, n = 1,104 (%)	OR 95% CI	p-value
General opinion of the patients regarding TM	It is more effective than CM	84.6	701 (28.8%)	128 (11.5%)	2.75 [2.17–3.48]	< 0.001
	It is more suitable to our situation	63.6	805 (33.1%)	460 (41.6%)	0.88 [0.73–1.05]	0.16
	It is less effective than CM	60.6	350 (14.4%)	228 (20.6%)	0.77 [0.62–0.96]	0.02
	It can be complementary to CM	71.6	574 (23.6%)	288 (26%)	Ref	∙∙
Reasons justifying use of TM	Access to CM is more difficult	61.2	415 (17%)	263 (23.8%)	Ref	∙∙
	It costs less and is more accessible	53.7	117 (4.8%)	101 (9.1%)	0.73 [0.54–1.0]	0.05
	Traditional therapists have a better understanding of illnesses	80.5	864 (35.5%)	209 (18.9%)	2.62 [2.11–3.25]	< 0.001
	TM is part of our tradition	47.8	351 (14.4%)	384 (34.7%)	1.06 [0.85–1.34]	< 0.001
	Because the vast majority of our illnesses are linked to supernatural causes	82.3	683 (28.1%)	147 (13.3%)	2.94 [2.33–3.73]	< 0.001
What type of traditional treatment did you receive for this pathology?	Phytotherapy	∙∙	882 (36.2%)	∙∙	∙∙
	Treatment by a healer	∙∙	424 (17.4%)	∙∙	∙∙
	Treatment by a Marabout	∙∙	272 (11.1%)	∙∙	∙∙
	I have had scarifications	∙∙	149 (6.1%)	∙∙	∙∙
	Several traditional methods	∙∙	703 (28.9%)	∙∙	∙∙
What are the reasons that led you to abandon TM for CM for this pathology?	The cost of the care became expensive	∙∙	683 (28.1%)	∙∙	∙∙
	I did not notice any improvement	∙∙	630 (25.9%)	∙∙	∙∙
	The therapist told me that my case could no longer benefit from traditional medicine	∙∙	102 (4.1%)	∙∙	∙∙
	I came to complete by traditional treatment	∙∙	229 (9.4%)	∙∙	∙∙
	I did not like the TM environment	∙∙	725 (29.8%)	∙∙	∙∙
	The traditional therapists told me that the remainder of the treatment had to be in CM	∙∙	61 (2.5%)	∙∙	∙∙