Assessment Of Knowledge Practice And Utilaization Of Oral Rehayderation Therapy For Acute Watery Diarrhoeal Disease Case Management Among Mothers (caregivers) Of Under-five Children In Assela Town Ethiopia

Rehydration therapy was a critical intervention to save the lives of children during the episodesrnof diarrhea. However, millions of children die every year due to failure to replace fluidrneffectively.rnGlobally, diarrheal diseases remain a leading cause of death. It estimates 1.87 million each year,rnaccounting for approximately 19% among children of under- five. Most of these deaths are duernto dehydration and mismanagement or delayed management of the disease.rnTherefore the mothers’ knowledge in management of diarrhea is likely related to its mortalityrnand morbidity. Nearly all dehydration-related deaths can be preventable by promptrnadministration of rehydration therapy. ORT is simple, inexpensive and the most effective way torntreat dehydration. It can be easily administered at home by the mother /care givers as soon asrndiarrhea episode begins.rnUniversal use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for diarrhea could prevent almost 1.5 millionrndeaths per year, or 15% of all under-five deaths.rnObjective: to assess the knowledge, practice of mothers (caregivers) towards ORS utilization forrnunder-five children with acute diarrheal disease in Assela town.rnMethod: Community based quantitative cross-sectional study were conducted from March tornApril, 2015. A convenient sampling technique was used to select 390 households that had under-rnfive children with acute watery diarrhea two weeks prior to study. Data were collected using pre-rntested structured questionnaire by trained data collectors. The data were entered and analyzedrnusing SPSS version 20. Descriptive statistics (frequencies and proportion) were used to describernthe study population in relation to relevant variablesrnSample size – Data were obtained from 390 care givers yielding a response rate 100%rnSampling ResultrnThe study finding revealed that out of 390 caregivers 182 (46.7%) had good knowledge aboutrnORS utilization for acute watery diarrheal disease case management while, 208 (53.3%) of carerngivers had poor knowledge. In other hand 41 (10.5%) of care givers had good practice on casernmanagement while, 349 (89.5%) of care givers had poor practice to manage the disease.rnConclusion: The present study concludes that mothers had knowledge in the management ofrndiarrhea. However, several gap existed between knowledge and practice of mothers in managingrnthe disease. The high knowledge revealed in this study had not influenced the practice of mothersrnin managing the disease. Thus, there is a need for public health educational interventions.rnKeywords: Knowledge; Practice; ORS; Mother; Under-five Children; Manageme

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