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. 2009 May 7;6(3):281–288. doi: 10.4314/ajtcam.v6i3.57175

Table 4.

Practice of Alternative Medical Therapy by the respondents.

Variables Frequency (N = 734) Percent (%)
Patronized alternative medicine in the last 12
months. (N=734)
Yes 401 54.6
No 333 45.4
Total 734 100.0
Type of alternative medical therapy used before.
(N=401)
Concoction from hawkers 323 80.5
Herbalist therapies 86 21.4
Traditional bone setters 29 7.2
Can advice a sick person to first go for alternative
medical therapy. (N=734)
Yes 221 28.7
No 502 68.4
Don't know 21 2.9