Table 3 Healthcare seeking behavior of caregivers for childhood illness in Nifas silk lafto sub-city, Addis Ababa; January 2020
Variables | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Care sought for the child illness (n = 834) | ||
Health facility | 580 | 69.5 |
Purchased medicine from the drug store | 40 | 4.9 |
Taken to religious /traditional healer/ | 55 | 6.6 |
Given home treatment | 89 | 10.7 |
Waited for illness to subside | 70 | 8.4 |
Time of health facility visited (n = 580) | ||
Immediately | 38 | 6.6 |
On the first day | 83 | 14.3 |
On the second day | 155 | 26.7 |
After the second day | 304 | 52.4 |
Types of health facility visited (n = 580) | ||
Hospital | 16 | 2.7 |
Health center | 373 | 64.3 |
Private clinic | 198 | 34.1 |
Reason for the preferred health facility (n = 580) | ||
Since the illness was sever | 54 | 9.3 |
Fear of illness was worsening | 41 | 7.0 |
Seeking better treatment | 306 | 52.8 |
Facility was nearby | 130 | 22.4 |
People advised | 49 | 8.5 |
Reason for not visiting health facility (n = 254) | ||
Treatment expensive | 198 | 77.9 |
The distance of the health facility | 14 | 5.6 |
The illness was not serious | 42 | 16.5 |