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Table 4 Adequacy, quality and perceived benefit of care for treatment in recent episode

From: The psychosis treatment gap and its consequences in rural Ethiopia

Service characteristic

 

Service type

Biomedical

FTH

N

Percent

N

Percent

Adequacy of care

(Biomedical = 109)a

Inadequate treatment

75

68.8

bMinimally Adequate

34

31.2

Perceived benefit

(N=Biomedical = 112)

(N=Holy water = 149)

Complete improvement

37

33.0

49

32.9

Some improvement

63

56.3

76

51.0

No improvement

12

10.7

23

15.4

Harm

0

0.0

1

0.7

Satisfaction in care (measuring quality)

Biomedical (111)

(FTH = 150)

Very satisfied

34

25.5

21

14.0

Satisfied

46

43.0

52

34.7

Neutral

21

18.8

32

21.3

Dissatisfied

7

8.1

32

21.3

Very dissatisfied

3

4.7

13

8.7

  1. aData not collected for Faith & Traditional providers as there is no guideline for this
  2. FTH Faith and Traditional Treatment
  3. bMinimally adequate treatment defined as receipt of appropriate treatment with at least four monitoring visits