Table 2. Healthcare seeking and experience among people with and without disabilities.
| People with disabilities N (%) |
People without disabilities N (%) |
Age, Sex, Region, SES adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious health problem past 12 months | 333 (47%) | 105 (23%) | 2.8 (2.2–3.7) |
| Sought advice/treatment | 254 (76%) | 78 (72%) | 1.2 (0.7–2.1) |
| Where sought advice/treatment | |||
| - Government Health Centre | 52 (20%) | 23 (28%) | Baseline |
| - Community Health Worker/ Health Post | 10 (4%) | (6%) | 1.1 (0.3–4.1) |
| - Government/IGSS Hospital | 93 (36%) | 23%) | 1.9 (0.9–4.2) |
| - Pharmacy | 24 (9%) | 4 (5%) | 2.2 (0.6–7.5) |
| - Private Clinic /Hospital | 63 (25%) | 35%) | 0.8 (0.4–1.6) |
| - Traditional Healer/home remedy | 12 (5%) | 1 (1%) | - |
| Availability of health services | |||
| - Never a problem | 376 (53%) | 301 (65%) | Baseline |
| - A little problem | 117 (17%) | 16%) | 1.2 (0.8–1.7) |
| - A big problem | 88 (19%) | 88 (19%) | 1.9 (1.4–2.6) |
| Experience last time received healthcare | |||
| How did you feel? | |||
| - Completely/mostly respected | 435 (81%) | 257 (85%) | Baseline |
| - Neither respected nor disrespected | 56 (10%) | (10%) | 1.1 (0.7–1.7) |
| - Completely/mostly disrespected | 47 (9%) | 13 (4%) | 1.9 (1.0–3.7)* |
| Ease of understanding information | |||
| - Easy | 308 (57%) | 196 (65%) | Baseline |
| - Neither easy nor difficult | 109 (20%) | 21%) | 1.0 (0.7–1.4) |
| - Difficult | 121 (22%) | 42 (14%) | 1.6 (1.1–1.4)* |
| Ease of being understood | |||
| - Easy | 323 (62%) | 193 (64%) | Baseline |
| - Neither easy nor difficult | 108 (20%) | 21%) | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) |
| - Difficult | 106 (20%) | 43 (14%) | 1.3 (0.8–1.9)* |
*excluding those who have never previously sought healthcare, p<0.05