Table 1.

Initial choice of treatment mode

First step (initial choice of treatment mode)
Treatment mode	n	%
Medical
Medicines/self-help	14	11.8
Health centre	20	16.8
Hospital	45	37.8
TOTAL	79	66.4%
Traditional healers
Omuraguzi (original tradition)	24	20.2
Barangi (Christian elements)	7	5.9
TOTAL	31	26.1%
Church-related treatment
TOTAL	9	7.6%
TOTAL patients	119	100%