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Table 7 Accessibility of the respondents for health care services in Boreda district, Southern Ethiopia, 2021

From: Foot care practice and associated factors among patients with lymphoedema in Boreda district, Gamo zone, southern Ethiopia, 2020. Implications for elimination of podoconiosis and lymphatic filariasis

Variables

Category

Frequency

Percentage

Patients attend lymphoedema management service

Yes

164

58.6

No

116

41.4

Reasons for not attending LMMDP service (N = 116)

Didn’t want

62

53.5

Health facility far from home

7

6

No treatment centre in the area

47

40.5

Type of health facility attended (N = 164)

Health centre

154

93.9

Hospital

10

6.1

Trained on self-care management of foots (N = 164)

Yes

94

57.3

No

70

42.7

Graduated from health extension packages?

Yes

17

6.1

No

263

93.9