TRAUMA Multi-method evaluation of the trauma care health system serving Karonga, Malawi
Malawi, 2019 - 2020
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Q17.14 - Is there another reason why the injured person did not seek medical car (nocreoth)
Data file: trauma_household
Overview
Valid:
127
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Start:
618
End:
715
Width:
98
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Q17.14 - Is there another reason why the injured person did not seek medical care? please specify
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afraid for treatments | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Applied other medications | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Applied some herbs | 2 |
1.6%
|
|
| HE THOUGHT IT WAS A MINOR INJURY | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Had some tablets at home | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He believes that by applying eggs on the burn would heal it faster medication from health facility | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He had home remedy | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He preferred to use local herbs. | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He thought it was a minor injury | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He thought it was a simple case and decided to treat himself with salt. | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He thought it was not serious injury hence he did not seek healthy care | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He thought the injury was minor | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He thought the injury was minor to seek medical attention | 3 |
2.4%
|
|
| He thought the injury was minor. | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He thought the injury was not serious | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He thought the injury was not serious to seek medical attention | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He thought the injury was not serious to seek medical attention. | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He usually do not like seeking medical care | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| He usually unsatisfied with the assistance he got from healthy facilities | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Health workers don't respond in right manner | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Initially they thought it was not a serious burn | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Injury was minor | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| It was difficult to find transport fare to hospital | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| It was learnt that the doctor was not present.was away for sometime. | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| It was odd hours hence there was no means of transport | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Lack of transpot | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| MEDICAL DOCTOR WAS NOT AVAILABLE | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| No | 25 |
19.7%
|
|
| No additional reason to the one mentioned above | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| No another reason to the one mentioned above | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| No any | 6 |
4.7%
|
|
| No any other | 13 |
10.2%
|
|
| No any other reason apart from financial problems | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| No any other reasons apart from the aforementioned | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| No any other reasons apart from the aforementioned ones | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| No other | 5 |
3.9%
|
|
| No other reason to the one mentioned above | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| None | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Odd hours,distance plus transport problem. | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Parents thought the injury was minor to seek medical attention. | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Parents were busy with other work | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| SHE WAS AFRAID OF POLICE | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| She believes that there is no medication for venom | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| She believes that traditional hear can heal snake bites better than healthy personnel | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| She had her own medication at home | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| She had home remedy | 2 |
1.6%
|
|
| She had no money for transport fare to heath facility | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| She sometimes act insane , she denied to go to the hospital at that time | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| She thought by applying salt on the wound was enough and there was no need to go to hospital | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| She thought the injury was minor to seek medical attention | 2 |
1.6%
|
|
| THE CLINICIAN WAS NOT AVAILABLE ,AS HE IS GONE TO SCHOOL | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| The injury was not that serious | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| The healthy facility would not provide effective treatment | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| The injured had no money to pay for to and from hospital trip | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| The injured person had first aid at home | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| The injured person had first aid kit at home to help himself | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| The injury was minor to seek medical attention | 7 |
5.5%
|
|
| The injury was not serious enough to seek medical attention | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| There was a traditional healer around who administered herbs on the bite wound | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| There was no family members around to help her to hospital for somedays | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| They already had modern medicines for the condition | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| They applied their own medication bought from store | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| They considered it not very serious. | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| They could buy medicine from nearby groceries and used of herbs | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| They had no money for transport to a health facility | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| They thought it was not a serious injury | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| They underated the dog bit as a minor casualty | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Thought the injury was minor. | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Used traditional medicine | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Was alone at home | 1 |
0.8%
|
|
| Was feeling better after doing some first aid. | 1 |
0.8%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.