Table 2.
Most frequent pathologies treated by the traditional healers (by category) *.
| Most Frequent Pathologies: Up to three Pathologies Mentioned Per Traditional Healer, n (%) |
Total n of Traditional Healers n = 732 | Kayes n = 197 |
Koulikoro n = 209 | Sikasso n = 326 | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digestive problems | 415 (21.8) | 99 (18.8) | 105 (20.4) | 211 (24.6) | <0.001 ** |
| Malaria | 324 (17.0) | 72 (13.7) | 69 (13.4) | 183 (21.4) | |
| Neuropsychological problems | 247 (13.0) | 88 (16.7) | 67 (13.0) | 92 (10.7) | |
| Genital problems (including births, sexually transmitted diseases, and fertility problems) | 196 (10.3) | 72 (13.7) | 65 (10.7) | 59 (8.0) | |
| Skin problems | 180 (9.5) | 57 (10.8) | 77 (14.9) | 46 (5.4) | |
| Unspecific pain and “unclear” diseases | 102 (5.4) | 35 (6.6) | 28 (5.4) | 39 (4.6) | |
| Infections (unless malaria and childhood diseases) | 97 (5.1) | 16 (3.0) | 23 (4.5) | 58 (6.8) | |
| Oro-dental problems and noma | 80 (4.2) | 17 (3.2) | 21 (4.1) | 42 (4.9) | |
| Respiratory problems | 48 (2.5) | 9 (1.7) | 22 (4.3) | 17 (2.0) | |
| Cardiovascular problems | 43 (2.3) | 12 (2.3) | 11 (2.1) | 20 (2.3) | |
| Eyes and ear-nose-throat | 42 (2.2) | 9 (1.7) | 13 (2.5) | 20 (2.3) | |
| Orthopaedics (non-traumatic) | 41 (2.2) | 12 (2.3) | 9 (1.7) | 20 (2.3) | |
| Urology | 28 (1.5) | 5 (1.0) | 12 (2.3) | 11 (1.3) | |
| Childhood diseases | 28 (1.5) | 10 (1.9) | 4 (0.8) | 14 (1.6) | |
| Trauma (including bone fractures) | 18 (1.0) | 8 (1.5) | 0 | 10 (1.2) | |
| Snakebites | 11 (0.6) | 6 (1.1) | 0 | 5 (0.6) | |
| Total | 1900 (100) | 527 (100) | 516 (100) | 857 (100) |
* Results refer to the number of times a pathology was cited as one of the three most frequent. Traditional healers could mention up to three different pathologies, therefore the total at the foot of the table refers to the number of answers. ** Global p-value comparing most frequent pathologies among regions.