Table 8 The response of teachers suggestion to epilepsy treatment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2013. Y
From: Ethiopian teachers: their knowledge, attitude and practice towards epilepsy
Responses | Percent of cases | ||
|---|---|---|---|
N | Percent | ||
Treatment by medical doctor | 742 | 52.2 % | 87.9 % |
Over the counter medicine | 26 | 1.8 % | 3.1 % |
Treatment by surgeon | 86 | 6.0 % | 10.2 % |
Treatment by Traditional healers | 30 | 2.1 % | 3.6 % |
Church healing sessions | 156 | 11.0 % | 18.5 % |
Recite The Holly Quran | 37 | 2.6 % | 4.4 % |
Holly Water Treatment | 288 | 20.3 % | 34.1 % |
Wearing Amulet | 22 | 1.5 % | 2.6 % |
No need to treat | 10 | 0.7 % | 1.2 % |
Not sure | 24 | 1.7 % | 2.8 % |
Total | 1422 | 100.0 % | 168.5 % |