A qualitative study on experiences of mothers about control of diarrhoea of their children

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dc.contributor.authorBarik, Kanai Lalen_US
dc.contributor.authorPaul, Uttam Kumaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:43:17Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:43:17Z
dc.date.issued2019-03
dc.description.abstractBackground: Diarrheal disease poses a significant problem to the health, wellbeing and survival of children of less than five-year age group and is the second leading cause of mortality.' Most of the deaths are due to dehydration and it can be preventable by proper and timely use of oral rehydration salt solution (ORS). There is lack of awareness among the mothers about the appropriate use of ORS during diarrhea of children. So, authors have tried to find out the experiences of the mothers about the management of diarrhea of their children.Methods: The study is one of qualitative descriptive type involving 27 mothers of children who are suffering from diarrhoea in face to face in depth interviews (IDI).Results: The mothers of children were within the age group of 21 to 34 years of age group. On the basis of qualitative data analysis, the present study shows the data related to childhood diarrhea can be classified under six themes. The themes are : 'Perception of the participant mothers about the diarrhea of their babies', 'Measures taken by the mothers to combat diarrhea at home', 'How Oral rehydration salt solution is applied by the mothers', 'How Oral rehydration salt solution is beneficial', 'How Oral rehydration salt solution is causing undesirable effects on the baby' and 'What additional measures taken to control diarrhea of the baby'.Conclusions: There are several misconceptions and lack of awareness of the mothers about management of diarrhoea. However, it is possible to create awareness among them so that they can take all suitable measures to control diarrhoea.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pediatrics, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Medicine, MGM Medical College and Hospital, Kishanganj, Bihar, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationBarik Kanai Lal, Paul Uttam Kumar. A qualitative study on experiences of mothers about control of diarrhoea of their children. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2019 Mar; 6(2): 615-620en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349-3283
dc.identifier.issn2349-3291
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/203990
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20190698en_US
dc.subjectDiarrhoeaen_US
dc.subjectExperienceen_US
dc.subjectMotheren_US
dc.subjectQualitative studyen_US
dc.titleA qualitative study on experiences of mothers about control of diarrhoea of their childrenen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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