School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical Science, Haramaya University, P.O. Box 235, Harar, Ethiopia.
BMC Pediatr. 2018 Nov 19;18(1):358. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1321-6.
Diarrhea remains the 2nd leading cause of death among children under 5 globally. It kills more young children than AIDS. It would have been prevented by simple home management using oral rehydration therapy. Mothers play a central role in its management and prevention. So, the main objective of this study was to assess mothers' knowledge, attitude & practice in prevention & home-based management of diarrheal disease among under-five children in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia.
Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 15-April 14, 2016, in Diredawa among 295 Mothers who had under-five child with diarrhea in the last 2 weeks using simple random sampling method. Mothers were interviewed face to face by using pretested, standard and structured questionnaire. The data quality was assured by translation, retranslation and pretesting the questionnaire. Data were checked for completeness, consistency and then entered into Epi Info v3.1 and analyzed using SPSS v20. The descriptive statistical analysis was used to compute frequency, percentages, and mean of the findings of this study. The results were presented using tables, charts, and graphs.
In this study, 295 participants were included with 100% response rate. From total 295 mothers, around two-thirds (65.2%) of them had good knowledge, but more than half of mothers (54.9%) had a negative attitude towards home-based management and prevention of diarrhea among under-five children. Regarding the attitude of the mothers, 58% had poor practice towards home-based management and prevention of diarrhea among under-five children.
The finding of this study showed that the attitude and practice of mothers were unsatisfactory about the prevention and home-based management of under-five diarrheal diseases. Therefore, Health education, dissemination of information, and community conversation should plan and implement to create a positive attitude and practice towards the better prevention and management of under 5 diarrheal diseases.
腹泻仍然是全球 5 岁以下儿童死亡的第二大原因。它导致的儿童死亡人数超过艾滋病。通过简单的家庭管理，使用口服补液疗法本可以预防这种疾病。母亲在腹泻的管理和预防中起着核心作用。因此，本研究的主要目的是评估迪雷达瓦市（埃塞俄比亚东部）5 岁以下儿童腹泻的母亲在预防和家庭管理方面的知识、态度和实践。
2016 年 3 月 15 日至 4 月 14 日，在迪雷达瓦市采用基于机构的横断面研究，使用简单随机抽样方法，对 295 名在过去 2 周内有 5 岁以下腹泻儿童的母亲进行调查。通过使用预测试、标准和结构化问卷，对母亲进行面对面访谈。通过翻译、重新翻译和预测试问卷来保证数据质量。对数据进行完整性、一致性检查，然后输入 Epi Info v3.1 进行分析，使用 SPSS v20 进行分析。使用表格、图表和图形来呈现描述性统计分析的结果。
本研究共纳入 295 名参与者，应答率为 100%。在总共 295 名母亲中，约三分之二（65.2%）的母亲有良好的知识，但超过一半（54.9%）的母亲对家庭管理和预防 5 岁以下儿童腹泻持消极态度。关于母亲的态度，58%的母亲在家庭管理和预防 5 岁以下儿童腹泻方面的实践较差。
本研究的结果表明，母亲在预防和家庭管理 5 岁以下儿童腹泻方面的态度和实践都不尽如人意。因此，应计划和实施健康教育、信息传播和社区对话，以形成对更好地预防和管理 5 岁以下儿童腹泻的积极态度和实践。
