Determinants of use rate of oral rehydration therapy for management of childhood diarrhoea in rural Bangladesh.

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dc.contributor.authorAli, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorAtkinson, Den_US
dc.contributor.authorUnderwood, Pen_US
dc.date.accessioned2000-09-01en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T03:49:45Z
dc.date.available2000-09-01en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-27T03:49:45Z
dc.date.issued2000-09-01en_US
dc.descriptionJournal of Health, Population, and Nutrition.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn rural Bangladesh, mothers were interviewed to identify factors that determine the use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for management of diarrhoea in children aged less than 5 years. The point prevalence of diarrhoea among 1,600 children was 11.6%, with 46% having acute watery diarrhoea. The overall ORT-use rate was 29%; only 17% of the cases used it adequately. Common reasons for not using ORS included misperception about diarrhoea and age of patients. Other reasons included incorrect assessments, severity, and difficulties with the administration of oral rehydration solutions. Promotion of ORT can be effected by improving the level of understanding of mothers with regard to assessment of severity, early initiation of treatment regardless of age, sex, type of diarrhoea, breast-feeding, and nutrition status.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of General Practice, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, Australia. mali@cygnus.uwa.edu.auen_US
dc.identifier.citationAli M, Atkinson D, Underwood P. Determinants of use rate of oral rehydration therapy for management of childhood diarrhoea in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition. 2000 Sep; 18(2): 103-8en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/663
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.icddrb.org/pub/publication.jsp?classificationID=30&typeClassificationID=2en_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.icddrb.org/publication.cfm?classificationID=30&pubID=386en_US
dc.subject.meshBangladesh --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschoolen_US
dc.subject.meshDiarrhea --classificationen_US
dc.subject.meshFluid Therapy --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshInfanten_US
dc.subject.meshPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.meshRural Populationen_US
dc.subject.meshSeverity of Illness Indexen_US
dc.subject.meshSocioeconomic Factorsen_US
dc.titleDeterminants of use rate of oral rehydration therapy for management of childhood diarrhoea in rural Bangladesh.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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