Table 6.

Healthcare seeking behavior of SMF dependent fishermen communities in pre-and during COVID-19 in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. Here, N = 76.

Healthcare seeking behavior	Pre-COVID-19 (%)	During COVID-19 (%)	Change (%)
Care sought
Yes	75.0	55.3	−19.7
No	25.0	44.7	19.7
Nature of treatment
Self-care	13.2	27.6	14.4
Traditional	3.9	3.9	0.0
Unqualified allopath	50.0	52.6	2.6
Qualified allopath	30.3	15.8	−14.5
Para-professional	2.6	0.0	−2.6
Place of treatment
Government Hospital	27.6	17.1	−10.5
Private Clinic	7.9	1.3	−6.6
Pharmacy	52.6	67.1	14.5
Homeopath	0.0	0.0	0.0
Religious Persons	5.3	5.3	0.0
Self-treatment	5.3	9.2	3.9
Other	1.3	0.0	−1.3
Sources of treatment cost
Household income	93.4	84.2	−9.2
Loan	6.6	15.8	9.2
Cost of treatment (in BDT)	1282 (2278)	1153 (2094)	−159