Research Article
Patients’ Experience on Practice and Applicability of Informed Consent in Traditional Medical Practice in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (N = 129).
| Characteristics | Number (n) | Percentage |
| Age group (in years) | | | 18–25 | 13 | 10.1 | 26–35 | 50 | 38.8 | 36–45 | 38 | 29.5 | 46 and above | 28 | 21.7 |
| Relationship to patient | | | Self | 127 | 98.4 | Parent | 2 | 1.6 | Guardian | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gender | | | Male | 49 | 38.0 | Female | 80 | 62.0 |
| Marital status | | | Married | 38 | 29.5 | Single | 81 | 62.8 | Divorced | 8 | 6.2 | Separated | 2 | 1.6 |
| Language spoken | | | English speakers | | | No | 118 | 91.5 | Yes | 11 | 8.5 |
| IsiZulu speakers | | | No | 0 | 0.0 | Yes | 129 | 100.0 |
| Level of education | | | Primary | 4 | 3.1 | Secondary | 62 | 48.1 | Tertiary | 63 | 48.8 |
| Occupation | | | Unemployed | 47 | 36.4 | Self-employed | 20 | 15.5 | Employed | 62 | 48.1 |
| Monthly earnings (Rand) | | | No earnings | 38 | 29.5 | Less than R1000 | 7 | 5.4 | Between R1001 and 3000 | 9 | 7.0 | Between R3001 and 5000 | 1 | 0.8 | Between R5001 and 10,000 | 9 | 7.0 | Over R10,000 | 13 | 10.1 | Do not know/no disclosure | 52 | 40.3 |
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