scholarly journals Educational Needs of Mothers about using Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS) at Home During Acute Diarrhea in Children under 5 at Urmia Population Research Center

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Baratali Rezapour
Keyword(s):  
Acute Diarrhea ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Oral Rehydration Therapy ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Oral Rehydration Salt ◽  
Low Literacy ◽  
Oral Rehydration ◽  
Children Under 5 ◽  
At Home

Preventable factors such as infectious diseases (pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria), malnutrition and neonatal complications are still the leading cause of child mortality worldwide 1 In 2013, it is estimated that 6.3 million babies born worldwide died before the age of 5, and approximately 9.2% of these deaths were due to diarrheal diseases 2, 3 in simple, accessible ways, and effective treatment can reduce diarrhea-related mortality and make hospital admissions unnecessary, and the role of mothers is the most important 4. Since the presentation of Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) in 1979, mortality has reduced. Diarrhea has had a steady downward trend 5. If mothers who have children under 5 years of age, used correctly ORS, they could easily resolve the problem of dehydration in acute diarrhea 6. Mothers didn’t use correctly ORS because of their Low literacy and lack of knowledge and wrong attitude about ORT7. Some health care workers provide mothers’ required equipments, regardless of their educational needs, and mothers may not use ORS. In this study, health workers identified mothers' educational needs and subsequently they trained them about using ORS at home in acute diarrhea in children under 5 years of age

scholarly journals Alanine-based oral rehydration therapy for infants with acute diarrhea

1991 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. S86-S90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Da Costa Ribeiro ◽  
Fima Lifshitz
Keyword(s):  
Acute Diarrhea ◽  
Oral Rehydration Therapy ◽  
Oral Rehydration

scholarly journals Is knowledge and practice of oral rehydration therapy suboptimal? Assessment at Federal Medical Center, Asaba, South-South Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 2658
Author(s):  
Bertilla U. Ezeonwu ◽  
Ayodeji Ayodele ◽  
Obinna C. Ajaegbu ◽  
Nkemjika E. Mbagwu ◽  
Odiri Ovemeso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Kidney Injury ◽  
Diarrheal Disease ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Kidney Injury ◽  
Oral Rehydration Therapy ◽  
Oral Rehydration Salt ◽  
Survival Strategies ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Oral Rehydration ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Background: Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a core component of the childhood survival strategies to reduce child mortality and morbidity due to diarrhoeal disease with its fatal dehydrating complication of acute kidney injury. This strategy is indispensable to the attainment of the International Society of Nephrology’s (ISN) aim to eliminate preventable deaths from acute kidney injury (AKI) by year 2025. Diarrheal disease is the second most common cause of morbidity and mortality in children at our centre. This interventional study assessed the knowledge and the practice of ORT among caregivers, educated and trained them on the management of diarrhoeal diseases and practice of ORT. Oral rehydration salt (ORS) and zinc tablets were also distributed. Methods: An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used following informed consent. Consented care givers of wards attendees of FMC Asaba were assessed on their knowledge and their practice of ORT, educated on childhood diarrheal diseases, trained on practice of ORT and had ORS and zinc tablets distributed to them. These assessments were done on the spot and 6 weeks after the health talk, from July 2015 to December 2015. Results: There were 266 respondents and 231 were mothers. The immediate impact of the health talk on the knowledge and the practice of ORT was laudable, p≤0.0001 and educational attainment of the respondent influenced the immediate post health talk knowledge of ORT, p=0.009. The age of the respondent predicted the long term impact of health talk on practice of ORT, p=0.020. Conclusions: Knowledge and practice of ORT are not optimal but can be improved by regular education.  

A Behavior Analysis of the Promotion of Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) in Guatemala

1988 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Elder ◽  
Maria Eugenia Pradesaba ◽  
Olga Polanco Pineda ◽  
Kjell I. Enge ◽  
Judith A. Graeff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Behavior Analysis ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Behavioral Skills Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Oral Rehydration Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Observation ◽  
Behavioral Skills ◽  
Oral Rehydration

The present report presents the results and preliminary recommendations of a behavior analysis study of an oral rehydration therapy (ORT) promotion in four localities in San Marcos, Guatemala. In this study, we used behavioral observation techniques to look at one-to-one communication and health education efforts in health clinics as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of these health education efforts by observing mothers' behavioral skills in their own homes. Subsequently, we also observed canalización (outreach) strategies to see whether we could learn more from these health workers' activities, and conducted “behavioral focus group” research with teams of health workers to determine how best to promote effective health education activities to other health workers. Results of our study indicate that health workers already spent a substantial amount of time doing health education and primary prevention, and were fairly effective at doing so. Their communication, however, tended to be relatively unilateral and failed to involve some of the more progressive aspects of behavioral skills training.

Acute Diarrhea Therapy—Suboptimal?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 806-806
Author(s):  
A. CATHERINE SIMPSON ◽  
LYNN MCINTYRE ◽  
MICHELINE STE-MARIE
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Acute Diarrhea ◽  
Oral Rehydration Therapy ◽  
Electrolyte Solutions ◽  
Viral Gastroenteritis ◽  
Pediatric Hospital ◽  
Physician Practices ◽  
Oral Rehydration ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Audit Period

To the Editor.— Snyder1 found that the reported use of glucose-electrolyte solutions by pediatricians was not in accordance with the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition's recommendations on oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for acute diarrhea. To determine actual physician practices, we conducted an audit of diarrhea management, including use of ORT, in the Emergency Room of our pediatric hospital. Our 4-month audit period included an epidemic of viral gastroenteritis, during which we expected to see optimal case management.

scholarly journals The impact of rotavirus vaccination on emergency department visits and hospital admissions for acute diarrhea in children under 5 years

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 506-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Locatelli Pedro Paulo ◽  
André Broggin Dutra Rodrigues ◽  
Beatriz Marcondes Machado ◽  
Alfredo Elias Gilio
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Acute Diarrhea ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Reduction Rate ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Main Diagnosis ◽  
Ed Visits ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Children Under 5

Summary Introduction: Acute diarrheal disease is the second cause of death in children under 5 years. In Brazil, from 2003 to 2009, acute diarrhea was responsible for nearly 100,000 hospital admissions per year and 4% of the deaths in children under 5 years. Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe acute diarrhea worldwide. In 2006, the rotavirus monovalent vaccine (RV1) was added to the Brazilian National Immunization Program. Objectives: To analyze the impact of the RV1 on emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions for acute diarrhea. Method: A retrospective ecologic study at the University Hospital, University of São Paulo. The study analyzed the pre-vaccine (2003–2005) and the post-vaccine (2007–2009) periods. We screened the main diagnosis of all ED attendances and hospital admissions of children under 5 years in an electronic registry system database and calculated the rates of ED visits and hospital admissions. The reduction rate was analyzed according to the following formula: reduction (%) = (1 - odds ratio) x 100. Results: The rates of ED visits for acute diarrhea was 85.8 and 80.9 per 1,000 total ED visits in the pre and post vaccination periods, respectively, resulting in 6% reduction (95CI 4 to 9%, p<0.001). The rates of hospital admissions for acute diarrhea was 40.8 per 1,000 in the pre-vaccine period and dropped to 24.9 per 1,000 hospitalizations, resulting in 40% reduction (95CI 22 to 54%, p<0.001). Conclusion: The introduction of the RV1 vaccine resulted in 6% reduction in the ED visits and 40% reduction in hospital admissions for acute diarrhea.

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