Proper hand washing practice among mothers and occurrence of diarrhoea among family members.
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2014-09-01
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Myanmar Medical Association
Abstract
A cross-sectional analytic study was done to determine the self-reported prevalence of
proper hand washing practice among mothers and its relationship with the occurrence of diarrhoea
among family members in Mandalay during 2011. Altogether 829 mothers (one from each household)
from Chan-Aye-Tharzan and Mahar-Aung-Myay townships were selected by using systematic
random sampling procedure. Face to face interview method was used to collect the necessary
data.
The prevalence of proper hand washing practice as reported among mothers was almost
80% (95% CI = 76.6%, 82.1%) but the occurrence of diarrhoea reported among her family members
including herself within past one year was 18.2% (95% CI = 15.7%, 20.9%). Family income
(p = 0.006) and education status (p = 0.048) were found to have significant effects on reported
practices of proper hand washing. Moreover, proper hand washing practice by mothers was found
to have significant effect on the occurrence of diarrhoea among all family members including herself
(p < 0.001). It was apparent that if the mother washed her hands properly, the annual occurrence
of diarrhoea would be reduced among the whole family (48% of current occurrence), among other
family members (53%) and herself (50%).
Although proper hand washing practice among mothers is satisfactory, habit of this hygienic
behavior should be promoted in the whole country to prevent episodes of diarrhoea especially
giving priority to low income households and mothers with low education status.
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Hand Sanitizers, Disinfection, Sterilization, Hand Disinfect
Citation
Win Myint Oo, Hlaing Hlaing Hlaing, Htun Lin Aung. Proper hand washing practice among mothers and occurrence of diarrhoea among family members Myanmar Medical Journal. 2014 Sept ; 56 (2): 9-14.