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Table 1 Initial choice of treatment mode

From: Unravelling the spirits’ message: a study of help-seeking steps and explanatory models among patients suffering from spirit possession in Uganda

First step (initial choice of treatment mode)

Treatment mode

n

%

Medical

  

Medicines/self-help

14

11.8

Health centre

20

16.8

Hospital

45

37.8

TOTAL

79

66.4%

Traditional healers

  

Omuraguzi (original tradition)

24

20.2

Barangi (Christian elements)

7

5.9

TOTAL

31

26.1%

Church-related treatment

  

TOTAL

9

7.6%

TOTAL patients

119

100%