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. 2010 Jan 15;3:10.3402/gha.v3i0.2025. doi: 10.3402/gha.v3i0.2025

Table 4.

Pattern of use of health services among men and women who reported mental distress

Men (N=66) Women (N=118) Both (N=184)



N (%) N (%) (%) P*
Self-treatment 17 25.8 29 24.7 25.0 0.43
Any source of health care services 34 51.5 73 61.7 58.2 0.08
Traditional healers 4 6.1 11 9.3 8.2 0.22
Community health station 5 7.6 23 19.5 15.2 0.02
Private health providers 28 42.4 42 35.6 38.0 0.82
District hospital 3 4.6 1 0.9 2.2 0.94
Provincial hospital/national hospital 0 0 5 4.2 2.7 0.04

*P-value for the comparison of proportions of using each type of health care services between two sexes, use z-test.