*Multiple-answers question
In this study, the most reported practice among mothers towards
management of their child’s diarrhea included seeing the physicians
(68.9%), giving homemade fluids (52.6%), using ORS (23.0) and visiting
pharmacists (20.4) (Table 2).
In this study, about 62% of mothers know the ORS, but only 53.5 % of
them recognized that ORS could prevent child from getting dehydrated.
The resources of information for utilizing ORS in childhood diarrhea
were gained mainly from medical prescription (50.3%), followed by
family (15.7%) and then by consultation of pharmacists (15.1%) as
presented in Table 3.
Table 3. Mothers’ knowledge about the use of ORS