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  • Title: Home-based education of mothers in treatment of diarrhoea with oral rehydration solution.
    Author: Sachar RK, Javal GS, Cowan B, Grewal HN.
    Journal: J Diarrhoeal Dis Res; 1985 Mar; 3(1):29-31. PubMed ID: 4008902.
    Abstract:
    650 mothers of children under 5 years of age in rural India were instructed in their homes by field teams to prepare oral rehydration solution (ORS) with sugar and salt and to use this solution at the onset of diarrhea. In addition, local private practitioners were contacted and asked not to give antispasmodics and to recommend ORS. A study was conducted 6 months after the home visits to evaluate knowledge and use of ORS. 68% of the 650 mothers had some knowledge of oral rehydration therapy, although only 30% knew how to prepare ORS at home and when to give it. During the 6-month study period, there were 197 cases of diarrhea, 145 (74%) of which were treated with ORS. In the cases where ORS was not administered, 35 mothers claimed a lack of knowledge of this treatment method and 17 cited a lack of time. Only 48% of children taken to local practitioners with diarrhea had been given ORS. Since medical practitioners appear to be difficult to enlist in oral rehydration therapy efforts, it is suggested that vigorous efforts should be made to make mothers self-reliant in the early initiation of such treatment. Moreover, there is a need for constant reinforcement of knowledge.
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