MacDonald S E, Moralejo M N D G, Matthews M K
University of Alberta, Canada.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2007;19(1):34-9. doi: 10.1177/10105395070190010701.
Dehydration resulting from diarrhoea remains a significant cause of death for young children in developing countries such as Indonesia. Although Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) is effective in preventing and treating dehydration, its use in home treatment is not widespread. This study sought to assess whether mothers' understanding of diarrhoea-related dehydration influenced their use of ORS in home treatment. One hundred mothers of children under the age of five years in rural Indonesia were surveyed using a structured questionnaire, administered in an interview format in their homes. Only 38 (38%) of the mothers surveyed could identify two or more correct signs of dehydration. Significant relationship was found between maternal knowledge of correct signs of dehydration and the use of ORS in home treatment (OR 3.36, 95% CI 1.24, 10.63). Resulting recommendations include improved health education programming for mothers of young children, as well as future programme evaluation and intervention studies.
在印度尼西亚等发展中国家，腹泻导致的脱水仍然是幼儿死亡的一个重要原因。尽管口服补液盐（ORS）在预防和治疗脱水方面很有效，但其在家庭治疗中的使用并不普遍。本研究旨在评估母亲对腹泻相关脱水的理解是否会影响她们在家庭治疗中使用ORS。在印度尼西亚农村地区，对100名五岁以下儿童的母亲进行了调查，采用结构化问卷，以访谈形式在她们家中进行。在接受调查的母亲中，只有38名（38%）能够识别出两种或更多正确的脱水迹象。发现母亲对脱水正确迹象的了解与家庭治疗中使用ORS之间存在显著关系（比值比3.36，95%置信区间1.24，10.63）。由此得出的建议包括为幼儿母亲改进健康教育计划，以及未来的项目评估和干预研究。
