Level of knowledge of mothers (18-35 years of age) of under 5 children regarding ORS therapy.

CONTEXT

Diarrhea is a preventable cause of under 5 years of mortality. Mothers are a primary caregiver for children at home during an illness so this study was planned.

AIMS

To estimate the demographic variables and level of knowledge of mothers (18-35 years of age) of under 5 children regarding ORS therapy.

SETTINGS AND DESIGN

The study was conducted in selected rural areas Chandandih (a small village in Raipur district). There is one sub-center and four Anganwadi's in Chandandih. The population of this study was the mother (18-35 yr.) of under 5yr children. In this study non-probability, purposive sampling was adopted for selecting the sample, and the sample size is 60 mothers.

METHODS AND MATERIAL

In this study, 60 mothers were enrolled and their demographic variables were asked, then a self-structured questionnaire was administered.

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED

The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. Demographic variables were analyzed by using descriptive measures (frequency and percentage) and knowledge was analyzed using descriptive statistics (means, standard deviation).

RESULTS

This study showed that little and average levels of knowledge regarding ORS therapy of mothers were around 63.34% which may be attributable to their qualification level which was maximum till primary education. Moreover, many were housewives. Only 16.66% had a good level of knowledge regarding ORS therapy.

CONCLUSIONS

63.34% had little or average knowledge regarding ORS therapy.