Table 4.

Assessment of advice provided to simulated dissatisfied users who wanted to switch method of contraception according to type of PPMV (based on Fisher’s exact test at 0.05 significance level)

	PPMV owner	PPMV attendant	P-value
Dissatisfied users wanting to switch method (N=145)	(N=116)	(N=29)
Advised or referred client to seek medical help	63 (54.3%)	8 (27.6%)	0.012*
Change method with no further action	16 (13.8%)	5 (17.2%)	0.768
PPMV prescribes treatment	9 (7.8%)	5 (17.2%)	0.156
Dissatisfied users wanting to switch method (N=145)	(N=56)	(N=89)
Advised or referred client to seek medical help	31 (55.4%)	40 (44.9%)	0.237
Change method with no further action	10 (17.9%)	11 (12.4%)	0.468
PPMV prescribes treatment	5 (8.9%)	9 (10.1%)	1.000
Dissatisfied users wanting to switch method (N=135)	(N=69)	(N=66)
Advised or referred client to seek medical help	39 (56.5%)	24 (36.4%)	0.025*
Change method with no further action	12 (17.4%)	9 (13.6%)	0.638
PPMV prescribes treatment	10 (14.5%)	4 (6.1%)	0.158

Note:

^*Significant at a=0.05.

Abbreviation: PPMV, proprietary patent medicine vendors.