A study on knowledge and practice of mothers of under-five children regarding management of diarrhoea in urban field practice area of MRMC, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India

Rokkappanavar, Kiran Kumar; Nigudgi, S. R.; Ghooli, Shreeshail

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20160637

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“…UNICEF reported that the knowledge about zinc among mothers 100.00 687 100.00 700 a p-value = 0.000, b p-value = 0.000 by chi-square test was almost nil. 8 Similar low awareness levels were also reported by Rokkappanavar et al, 9 where only 3.8% of mothers administered zinc. Among them, majority did so after medical consultation.…”

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Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Mothers of Children under Five regarding Zinc Therapy in Childhood Diarrhea

Dhar¹,

Majumder²,

Paul³

2016

International Journal of Advanced and Integrated Medical Sciences

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“…Similar findings were reported by various other studies. 9,12 Therefore, the present study has displayed the low awareness about zinc supplementation in diarrhea. It stresses the need and highlights the scope of health education in familiarizing zinc therapy among mothers, because a mother is the center of family care in a home.…”

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Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Mothers of Children under Five regarding Zinc Therapy in Childhood Diarrhea

Dhar¹,

Majumder²,

Paul³

2016

International Journal of Advanced and Integrated Medical Sciences

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“…Both Knowledge and Practices showed significant association with age (knowledge-χ 2 =28.54) (practices-χ 2 =18.54) and educational background (knowledge-χ 2 =43.78) (practices-χ 2 =17.02). Similarly it is seen in the studies conducted at Rupena [9] which showed a significant relationship between education with the knowledge of mothers regarding waterborne diseases and its prevention and in Dhaka [15] and in Karnataka at (P<0.001) [16] .A strong positive relationship was found between the knowledge and practices (r =0.595) of mothers of under five children on prevention of selected water borne diseases.…”

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Knowledge and Practices of Mothers of under Five Children on Prevention of Selected Water Borne Diseases At Israelpet, Guntur (Dt.), A.P.

Srilaxmi¹

2017

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“…Similar studies in Kalaburagi, Delhi and Karachi revealed that more than 50%, 58%, and 80% mothers respectively knew how to prepare ORS. 16,20,24 These findings reflect the need to teach the mothers regarding use and preparation of ORS.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practices of childhood diarrhoea among mothers of children under five years of age: a cross sectional study

Garg

Kikon

Ramesh

et al. 2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Diarrhoea by definition is the passage of unusually loose or watery stools, at least three times in a period of 24 hours. However, the consistency is a more reliable indicator of diarrhoea rather than the frequency of stools. 5 Diarrhoea is due to infections caused by a wide range of organisms which include bacteria, viruses and protozoans, such as rotavirus and Escherichia coli. 58% of deaths due to diarrhoea have been attributed to unsafe ABSTRACT Background: Diarrhoea is an important communicable disease which can be prevented by proper hygiene and other simple practical measures. We assessed the knowledge, attitude and practices among mothers regarding childhood diarrhoea in a secondary care hospital in Dimapur, Nagaland. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study conducted over a period of one year including 449 mothers in the age group <45 years with atleast one child under 5 years of age using an interviewer administered, pilot tested, semistructured questionnaire under the following as categories demography, knowledge, attitude and practices. Results: 97.8% had good knowledge regarding causes and prevention of diarrhoea, 65% had good knowledge regarding the management of diarrhoea while 31% mothers had moderate knowledge. 98% mothers had good attitude but only 17.8% had good practice scores. Multivariate regression analysis showed education > class 10 and residence in urban area were significantly associated with good knowledge and education >class 10, age of mothers ≥29 years, employed mothers, family income Rs. ≥28000 were significantly associated with good practice. Conclusions: Good knowledge and attitude regarding diarrhoea prevention and management among our study population did not translate to good practice. These could also be due to the lower knowledge about management of diarrhoea. Widespread prevalence of wrong practices in the community like irrational use of antibiotics could also have resulted in low practice scores. The gaps between knowledge and attitude and practices among the mothers need to be addressed.

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A study on knowledge and practice of mothers of under-five children regarding management of diarrhoea in urban field practice area of MRMC, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India

Cited by 17 publications

References 12 publications

Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Mothers of Children under Five regarding Zinc Therapy in Childhood Diarrhea

Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Mothers of Children under Five regarding Zinc Therapy in Childhood Diarrhea

Knowledge and Practices of Mothers of under Five Children on Prevention of Selected Water Borne Diseases At Israelpet, Guntur (Dt.), A.P.

Knowledge, attitude and practices of childhood diarrhoea among mothers of children under five years of age: a cross sectional study

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