Todaro W, Wall C, Edwards K, Cleghorn G
Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305, USA.
P N G Med J. 1995 Dec;38(4):278-83.
The guardians of children brought to the Port Moresby General Hospital's Children's Outpatient Department with a chief complaint of diarrhoeal disease were questioned regarding their preference of glucose-based vs rice-based oral rehydration solution (ORS) in order to determine the acceptability of a rice-based ORS. Of the 93 guardians interviewed, greater than 60% preferred the glucose-based solution in its mixability, appearance and taste, and 65% initially reported that their children preferred the taste of the glucose solution. However, after a 30-minute trial, only 58% of children still preferred the glucose solution. In a country where diarrhoeal disease is a leading cause of child death and guardians are the primary health care providers, the acceptability of an ORS is critical to the morbidity and mortality of Papua New Guinea's children.
将因腹泻病为主诉而被带到莫尔斯比港总医院儿童门诊部的儿童的监护人，就他们对基于葡萄糖的口服补液盐（ORS）和基于大米的口服补液盐的偏好进行了询问，以确定基于大米的口服补液盐的可接受性。在接受采访的93名监护人中，超过60%的人因其可混合性、外观和味道而更喜欢基于葡萄糖的溶液，65%的人最初报告说他们的孩子更喜欢葡萄糖溶液的味道。然而，经过30分钟的试用后，只有58%的儿童仍然更喜欢葡萄糖溶液。在一个腹泻病是儿童死亡主要原因且监护人是主要医疗保健提供者的国家，口服补液盐的可接受性对巴布亚新几内亚儿童的发病率和死亡率至关重要。
