Impact of educational programme regarding ORS therapy on the level of knowledge of mothers aged 18–35 years of under 5-year children
Context: Diarrhoea is the most prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality among children aged under five years. To address this, an education programme is administered. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of a structured educational programme over knowledge of ORS. Methods and Material: 60 mothers aged...
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| description | Context: Diarrhoea is the most prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality among children aged under five years. To address this, an education programme is administered. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of a structured educational programme over knowledge of ORS. Methods and Material: 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 t-test & Chi-Square test were applied whereas appliable. Results: 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. Conclusion: It is drawn from this study that a structured teaching programme was effective significantly in improving mothers' knowledge regarding oral rehydration therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65be1b1501014c28b7d712b51d2315c02022-12-21T21:30:29ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632021-01-011082834283810.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2403_20Impact of educational programme regarding ORS therapy on the level of knowledge of mothers aged 18–35 years of under 5-year childrenRachna PasiDivashaKumar Satish RaviContext: Diarrhoea is the most prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality among children aged under five years. To address this, an education programme is administered. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of a structured educational programme over knowledge of ORS. Methods and Material: 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 t-test & Chi-Square test were applied whereas appliable. Results: 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. Conclusion: It is drawn from this study that a structured teaching programme was effective significantly in improving mothers' knowledge regarding oral rehydration therapy.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2021;volume=10;issue=8;spage=2834;epage=2838;aulast=5-year childrendiarrhoeaknowledge of mothersors therapy |
| spellingShingle | Rachna Pasi Divasha Kumar Satish Ravi Impact of educational programme regarding ORS therapy on the level of knowledge of mothers aged 18–35 years of under 5-year children Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 5-year children diarrhoea knowledge of mothers ors therapy |
| title | Impact of educational programme regarding ORS therapy on the level of knowledge of mothers aged 18–35 years of under 5-year children |
| title_full | Impact of educational programme regarding ORS therapy on the level of knowledge of mothers aged 18–35 years of under 5-year children |
| title_fullStr | Impact of educational programme regarding ORS therapy on the level of knowledge of mothers aged 18–35 years of under 5-year children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of educational programme regarding ORS therapy on the level of knowledge of mothers aged 18–35 years of under 5-year children |
| title_short | Impact of educational programme regarding ORS therapy on the level of knowledge of mothers aged 18–35 years of under 5-year children |
| title_sort | impact of educational programme regarding ors therapy on the level of knowledge of mothers aged 18 35 years of under 5 year children |
| topic | 5-year children diarrhoea knowledge of mothers ors therapy |
| url | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2021;volume=10;issue=8;spage=2834;epage=2838;aulast= |
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