Knowledge and practices of mothers on childhood XXXX and its management attended at a tertiary hospital in bangladesh.

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This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in Pediatric out @entity1 Department (OPD) of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) from March 2014 to August 2014 to assess the knowledge and practices of the mothers in acute @entity66 in @entity1 under-five years of age regarding use of oral rehydration solution (ORS), @entity219 , other drugs and feeding practices. Four hundred @entity1 under-five years of age having acute @entity294 were included in the study by systematic random sampling. A structured, pretested, interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from mothers of @entity1 having @entity66 . ORS was offered by 360(90.00%) of the mothers. Out of which 279(77.50%) used it by their own knowledge. One hundred and ninety-one (53.06%) mothers prepared it correctly, while 169(46.94%) prepared it incorrectly. Of 169, 129(35.83%) mothers used less amount of water, while 40(11.11%) mothers used much amount of water to prepare ORS. Of 360 mothers, 89(24.72%) mixed part of the content of ORS sachet at a time. Of 360 mothers, only 55(15.28%) offered correct amount of ORS after each purging. @entity219 was offered in 142(35.50%) @entity1 . Of 400, only 13(3.25%) mothers used recommended home-based fluid, while 70(17.50%) mothers offered increased amount of fluid to their @entity1 . Drugs other than @entity219 and ORS were used in 247(61.75%) @entity1 . Among drugs, other than @entity219 and ORS, antibiotics was used in 109(44.13%) cases, whereas antiprotozoal in 97(39.27%) cases. Amount of liquid given was more than usual in 70(17.50%) @entity1 , same as usual in 57(14.25%) @entity1 and less than usual in 273(68.25%) @entity1 . Amount of food given was same as usual in 59(14.75%) @entity1 , while less than usual in 341(85.25%) @entity1 . Control of @entity66 programme is successful in introducing ORS at mass level. Great emphasis is needed to educate mothers about preparation and quantity of ORS to be given to @entity1 with @entity66 .
