Table 4.
Distribution of respondents preferred place of treatment mental illness among residents of Gimbi town, West Wellega Zone, Ethiopia, 2014.
| Treatment option | Mental illness | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epilepsy | Schizophrenia | MDD | GAD | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Family | No | 808 | 99.0 | 810 | 99.3 | 784 | 96.1 | 612 | 75.0 |
| Yes | 8 | 1.0 | 6 | .7 | 32 | 3.9 | 204 | 25.0 | |
| Hospital/HC | No | 278 | 34.1 | 346 | 42.4 | 362 | 44.4 | 562 | 68.9 |
| Yes | 538 | 65.9 | 470 | 57.6 | 454 | 55.6 | 254 | 31.1 | |
| Holly water | No | 658 | 80.6 | 656 | 80.4 | 658 | 80.6 | 728 | 89.2 |
| Yes | 158 | 19.4 | 160 | 19.6 | 158 | 19.4 | 88 | 10.8 | |
| Traditional healer | No | 772 | 94.6 | 770 | 94.4 | 758 | 92.9 | 796 | 97.5 |
| Yes | 44 | 5.4 | 46 | 5.6 | 58 | 7.1 | 20 | 2.5 | |
| Prayer | No | 572 | 70.1 | 538 | 65.9 | 380 | 46.6 | 334 | 40.9 |
| Yes | 244 | 29.9 | 278 | 34.1 | 436 | 53.4 | 482 | 59.1 | |
| Witchcraft | No | 782 | 95.8 | 790 | 96.8 | 790 | 96.8 | 804 | 98.5 |
| Yes | 34 | 4.2 | 26 | 3.2 | 26 | 3.2 | 12 | 1.5 | |