Impact of educational programme regarding ORS therapy on the level of knowledge of mothers aged 18-35 years of under 5-year children.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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Abstract
Diarrhoea is the most prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality among children aged under five years. To address this, an education programme is administered. To assess the effectiveness of a structured educational programme over knowledge of ORS. 60 mothers aged (18-35 years) of under five-year children were enrolled in this experimental quantitative study by non-probability purposive sampling method. A pre-test and post-test questionnaire administered to a group of mothers. Statistical analysis Paired <i>t</i>-test & Chi-Square test were applied whereas appliable. This study showed a mean improvement of 7.36 (36.85%) in the score of pre-test and post-test as the mean score of the pre-test is 9.37 ± 4.96, and the mean score of post-test is 16.73 ± 2.97, respectively, which reveals that there is a significant improvement in the knowledge of the mothers after the structured educational program on ORS therapy. It is drawn from this study that a structured teaching programme was effective significantly in improving mothers' knowledge regarding oral rehydration therapy.