Table. 1.

Relationship between some socio-demographic variables and psychological distress of the respondents at traditional healers’ shrines

Variable	Distressed (%)	Not distressed (%)	P-value	OR (95% CI)
Married men (N=70)
More than one wife	23.0	78.0	0.001	0.20 [0.06–0.63]
Married women (N=126)
More than one co-wife	68.8	31.2	0.012	3.65 [1.38–10.98]
Number of children (N=263)
> 4	76.9	23.1	< 0.001	3.00 [1.71–5.29]
Socio-economic indicators
Lack of food	90.3	9.7	0.001	2.25 [1.25–4.72]
Being in debt	84.3	15.7	0.002	2.52 [1.40–4.53]
Reasons for visiting Traditional healers	73.7	26.3	0.02	2.17 [1.33–3.34]
To get treatment and explanation
Kind of treatment	42.0	58.0	<0.001	0.28 [0.18–0.44]
Both traditional and modern
Duration of symptoms	69.6	30.4	0.032	1.65 [1.04–2.62]
More than 6 months