Knowledge, attitude and practice of home management of diarrhoea among mothers of under-fives in Samaru, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Omole, Victoria Nanben; Wamyil-Mshelia, Teyil Mary; Nmadu, Grace Awawu; Usman, Nafisat Ohunene; Andeyantso, Emmanuel Ayuba; Adiri, Farouk

doi:10.4103/phmj.phmj_23_18

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“…They also found that 93.2% mothers were literate so education affected the knowledge of home management of diarrhea. [ 7 ] Omole et al . (2019) conducted a study among mothers of under-5 children in Samaru, Kaduna State, Nigeria to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practice of home management of diarrhea.…”

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

Divasha

Pasi

Ravi

2020

J Family Med Prim Care

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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.

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

Divasha

Pasi

Ravi

2020

J Family Med Prim Care

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“…In Ethiopia and Senegal, respectively, only 40% and 37.5% of mothers had high knowledge about diarrhoea [31,43]. Alternately, several other studies reported that the majority of caregivers had good knowledge of diarrhoea disease [26,28,22,23,45,25,46,47,24]. An online study in Botswana emerged that mothers had high knowledge of diarrhoea [26].…”

Section: Knowledge Of Caregivers On Diarrhoeal Diseases In Children Under Five Years Of Agementioning

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“…This review also scoped for caregivers' knowledge on internationally approved diarrhoea management practices (ORS/ZINC). In Nigeria, the majority of caregivers were noted to have high awareness and understanding of ORS/ZINC [49,30,38,45,46,47,30] reported that out of 602 caregivers interviewed, 53.1% correctly mentioned the dosage of zinc. Ugwu et al [50] noted that awareness of Zn therapy was higher among caregivers in urban settings than in rural areas.…”

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Caregivers' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Diarrhoea in Children under Five Years Old in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Integrative Narrative Review

Kukeba¹,

Lukman

Darcha³

et al. 2021

AJPR

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Background: Diarrhoeal diseases constitute a significant burden on the health and growth of children the world over. Globally, diarrhoeal conditions remain the second leading cause of death among children under 5. Knowledge, attitudes and practice of caregivers are at the heart of diarrhoeal disease prevention and proper management. Objective: This review aimed to assess caregivers' knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding diarrhoea in children under five years old in sub-Saharan Africa, as discussed in the literature. Design: Integrative narrative review Data Sources: The review saw an extensive search on two electronic databases. Search results were screened using inclusion and exclusion criteria. At the end of the screening, 37 studies were included in the review. Review Methods: Inclusion criteria: Only studies whose focus was on caregivers’ knowledge, attitude and practice relating to diarrhoea in children under five were included. Also, only publications reported in the English Language were considered, and publications must have been between 2010-2020. Additionally, the methodological quality of studies was assessed using the Down & Black (1998) checklist for quality evaluation in a systematic review. Results: In this review, it emerged that studies in Sub-Saharan Africa indicate that caregivers display poor overall knowledge about diarrhoea. Also, the attitudes of caregivers towards diarrhoea prevention and treatment was low in many studies. On care practices, prevention practices, and management/treatment practices, including ORS and Zinc usage, were mainly reported to be quiet. Conclusions: The review concluded that there are poor levels of knowledge, attitude and practice of managing diarrhoea among caregivers of children under five (5) years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. The researchers recommended continuous health education to address knowledge gaps of mothers about diarrhoea, its prevention and treatment according to international standards.

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“…[11] Community-based studies, such as the current one, are thus indicated to understand factors that could be responsible for the declining ORT utilization since managing diarrhea at home is a common practice among rural mothers and other caregivers in Nigeria. [12,13] Most previous studies have assessed the burden of diarrhoea based on the occurrence of the disease within two weeks preceding the surveys. [12,14] Our study examined diar-rhoea in the study area over six months to have a comprehensive overview of the true burden of the disease in the rural settings.…”

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Sociodemographic factors associated with utilization of oral rehydration therapy among under five children with diarrhoea in a rural nigerian community

Idowu¹

2020

Anatol JFM

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This study assessed the prevalence of childhood diarrhea disease and identified associated factors of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) use in treating childhood diarrhoea in a rural Nigerian community. Methods:A cross-sectional study design involving caregivers of under-five children with at least one episode of diarrhea in the past six months in Ejigbo, Osun-State, Nigeria was conducted using a multistage sampling method. Pretested interviewer-administered, semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection.Results: A total of 410 caregivers were included in the study. Two hundred and fifty-two (61.5%) of under-five children in the study area had at least one episode of diarrhea within six months preceding the survey. Only 50 (13.8%) of all the participants who were aware of ORT had good knowledge, but 312 (76.1%) of them had a positive attitude to its use. ORT was utilized in treating only 145 (57.5%) of childhood-diarrhea cases. Determinants of ORT uptake in the study population included gender (OR=0.470, 95% CI=1.160-3.110), educational status (OR=0.620, 95% CI=2.300-4.120), knowledge on availability of ORT (OR=3.010, 95% CI=1.820-3.990) and overall ORT knowledge (OR=0.640, 95% CI=0.110-0.640). Conclusion:The burden of childhood diarrhea disease is high in the study population. Authors advocate for improvement in the general socio-economic wellbeing of rural dwellers for this burden to be lessened. There is also an urgent need for a renewed awareness campaign on proper use of ORT in treating childhood diarrhea diseases in rural Nigeria.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of home management of diarrhoea among mothers of under-fives in Samaru, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Cited by 9 publications

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

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

Caregivers' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Diarrhoea in Children under Five Years Old in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Integrative Narrative Review

Sociodemographic factors associated with utilization of oral rehydration therapy among under five children with diarrhoea in a rural nigerian community

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