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Table 7 Healthcare system factors

From: Prevalence and determinants of use of complementary and alternative medicine by hypertensive patients attending primary health care facilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study

 

Overall n = 280 (% or SD)

CAM users n = 73 (% or SD)

CAM non-users n = 207 (% or SD)

p

Availability of HCF

 Not available

34 (12.1)

7 (9.6)

27 (13.0)

0.437

 Available

246 (87.9)

66 (90.4)

180(87.0)

 

Waiting time

 Very long/long

150 (53.6)

48 (65.8)

102(49.3)

0.015a

 Very short/short

130 (46.4)

25 (34.2)

105(50.7)

 

Relationship

 Somewhat good/bad

11 (3.9)

3 (4.1)

8 (3.9)

0.581

 Very good/good

269 (96.1)

70 (95.9)

199 (96.1)

 

Affordability

 Not affordable

98 (35.0)

26 (35.6)

72 (34.8)

0.898

 Affordable

182 (65.0)

47 (64.4)

135(65.2)

 

Global satisfaction

 No

37 (13.2)

11 (15.1)

26 (12.6)

0.586

 Yes

243 (86.8)

62 (84.9)

181(87.4)

 
  1. aStatistically significant