Knowledge, attitude and practice of acute diarrheal disease and use of oral rehydration therapy among mothers of under five children

Mallick, Achinta Kr; Bangari, Janki; Kumar, Shalu S.; Suyal, Himani

doi:10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20193708

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“…The level of good knowledge of caregivers in the current study was in line with other previous studies conducted in Nigeria (59.2%) [43], Yemen (51.2%) [44], and India (58.7%) [45]. This could be the result of various initiatives carried out by various governmental and nongovernmental organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO), which offered a comprehensive community health seeking behavior through a health task force comprising health extension workers and various healthcare providers.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of home management of diarrhea among under-five children in East Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Abate,

Zemariam,

Wondimagegn

et al. 2024

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Introduction Diarrhea is particularly prevalent in low-income or marginalized populations because these groups have less access to clean water sources, hygienic conditions, and healthcare. Dehydration due to electrolyte and fluid loss is the main cause of deaths associated with diarrhea. An especially important factor in this death from dehydration is the caregivers’ knowledge, attitude, and diarrhea management techniques. While a number of research have been done on managing diarrhea at home, the results tend not to be consistent. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the pooled estimate of knowledge, attitude and practice of home-based management of diarrhea in East Africa. Methods Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines was used to search articles from electronic databases (Cochrane library, Ovid platform (Medline, Embase, and Emcare), Google Scholar, CINAHL, PubMed, and institutional repositories in East Africa countries. The last search date was on 01/06/ 2023 Gregorian Calendar. The authors extracted year of publication, country, study design, knowledge level, attitude level and practice level of home-based management of diarrhea. A weighted inverse variance random-effects model was used to estimate the pooled prevalence of knowledge, attitude and practice of home-based management of diarrhea. Subgroup analysis was done by country, and sample size. Publication bias and sensitivity analysis were also done. Results A total of 19 articles with (n = 7470 participants) were included for the final analysis. From the random-effects model analysis, the pooled prevalence of good practice, good knowledge and favorable attitude towards home based management of diarrhea in East Africa was found to be 52.62% (95% CI: 45.32%, 59.92%) (95% CI: I2 = 78.3%; p < 0.001), 37.44% (95% CI: 26.99%, 47.89%) (95% CI: I2 = 89.2%; p < 0.001) and 63.05% (95% CI: 35.7%, 90.41%) (95% CI: I2 = 97.8%; p < 0.001) respectively. Conclusion and recommendations The level of good knowledge, attitude and practice of home based management of diarrhea in East Africa is found to be low. A collaborative effort from different stakeholders to enhance the knowledge, attitude and practice is needed to tackle the burden of diarrhea and its consequences.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of home management of diarrhea among under-five children in East Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Abate,

Zemariam,

Wondimagegn

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“…There is very limited study on mothers' attitude towards home-based diarrheal management besides some uses attitude of mother's as a factor that could affect the practice home-based management of diarrhea. Studies suggested that the lack of mothers' attitudes was mainly in uenced by social and cultural beliefs (22)(23)(24)(25). Furthermore, factors like age of the mother, residence, knowledge of HBMD, being single, being less educated, being a housewife were found signi cantly associated with mothers' attitude towards home-based diarrheal management (5,12,13,20,26,27).…”

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Attitude Towards Home-Based Management of Diarrhea and Associated Factors Among Mothers of Under-Five Children of Fagita Lekoma District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020

Desta

Muhye

Melkie

et al. 2022

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Background: Diarrhea is the second most common cause of morbidity and mortality among children under 5 years old, following acute respiratory tract infection. Despite that home interventions can prevent 57% of mortality related to diarrhea. However, still mothers’ attitudes towards home-based diarrheal management range from 39-78% as a result of different factors.Objective: This study aimed at assessing attitudes towards home-based management of diarrhea and associated factors among mothers of under-five children attending health care institutions.Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted. Systematic random sampling was used to select study participants. Data were entered using Epidata version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 25. The result was presented in frequency and percentage using tables and figures. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the data. Those variables with p-value <0.2 in bivariate were entered in multivariate analysis to avoid confounding variables whereby p-value <0.05 were considered as significantly associated. Result: A total of 422 mothers were surveyed with a 100% response rate. The mean age of the mothers was 33 ±10. Positive mothers’ attitude was 51.9% with 95%CI (46.8, 57.1). Maternal age ranges from 25-35 years (AOR:3.27, 95% CI: 1.72,6.22), 36-45 years (AOR: 8.79, 95%CI: 3.50, 22.11), age >45 years (AOR: 8.00, 95%CI: 2.62, 24.43), being single (AOR 0.18, 95%CI:0.06, 0.56), being divorced (AOR:0.25, 95%CI:0.08,0.81), primary education (AOR: 7.26, 95%CI: 3.62,14,57), Secondary and above (AOR:8.43, 95%CI:3.77,18.82), Daily labor (AOR:5.44, 95%CI:1.19, 24.96), Income level with 1001-3000 ETB and greater or equal to 3001ETB with (AOR:3.14, 95%CI:1.35, 7.29) and (AOR:4.06, 95% CI: 1.71, 9.66) respectively. Knowing about how to prepare ORS (AOR: 6.72, 95%CI: 3.62,12.48) were significantly associated variables with the out came variable in the multivariate regressionConclusion: One in every two mothers had a favorable attitude in this study. Maternal age, marital status, maternal educational status, occupation, and knowing about the preparation of ORS were factors associated with mothers’ attitude. The focus should be made on younger mothers, illiterate, unmarried couples, not knowing how to prepare ORS to boost mothers’ attitude.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of acute diarrheal disease and use of oral rehydration therapy among mothers of under five children

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of home management of diarrhea among under-five children in East Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Knowledge, attitude and practice of home management of diarrhea among under-five children in East Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Attitude Towards Home-Based Management of Diarrhea and Associated Factors Among Mothers of Under-Five Children of Fagita Lekoma District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020

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