Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: July-September | Volume: 6 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 466-471
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20210775
A Study to Assess Knowledge Regarding Prevention and Home Care Management of Diarrhea among Mothers of Under-Five Children Attending a Tertiary Level Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Ancey K Toby1, Aruna R2, Avani Anil3, Nimmy John4, Rakhi S R5, Sariga T S6, Tigi Abraham7, Jyothis Prakash8, Aswathy K L9
1-7BSc Nursing, Government College of Nursing, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
8Lecturer, Government College of Nursing, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
9Assistant Professor, Government College of Nursing, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Corresponding Author: Jyothis Prakash
ABSTRACT
Aim: To find out the knowledge level of mothers of under five children regarding prevention and home care management of diarrhea and develop educational intervention to provide them adequate information regarding management.
Objectives:
i) To assess the knowledge of mothers regarding prevention and home care management of diarrhea.
ii) To find out the association between knowledge level of mothers regarding prevention and homecare management of diarrhea and selected socio-demographic variables.
Method: A quantitative research approach-descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted. 80 samples were selected for the study by using purposive sampling technique.
Results: It was found that 72.5% of mothers had average knowledge and 6.25% of mothers had poor knowledge regarding prevention and homecare management of diarrhea. After calculation of chi square values, it is identified that there is a statistically significant association between knowledge of mothers and their educational status.
Conclusion: The finding of this study showed that the knowledge level of mothers was unsatisfactory about the prevention and home care 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-five diarrheal diseases.
Keywords: diarrhea, mothers, under-five children.