Table 3.
Information collected during the medical intake procedure by the nurse (n = 95)
| Total sample n = 95 |
Care seekers n = 44 |
Non-care seekers n = 51 |
p-value† | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current medication use (%) | 19 (20.0) | 14 (31.8) | 5 (9.8) | 0.007* |
| Asks attention for current health problem (%) | 32 (23.2) | 18 (40.9) | 14 (27.4) | 0.17 |
| Past suicidal thoughts and/or attempts (%) | 10 (11.4) | 4 (9.1) | 6 (11.7) | 0.67 |
| History of one or more chronic health problems (%) | 14 (14.7) | 8 (18.1) | 6 (11.7) | 0.38 |
| Number of chronic health problems | n = 16 | n = 10 | n = 7 | |
| Chronic back/neck pain | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Hearing problem | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| HIV/AIDS | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| COPD | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Vision problem | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heart disease | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chronic alcohol abuse | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Depression | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Eczema | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| CVA | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
**p < 0.01, † based on two-sided analysis; chi-square test