Table 4 Distributions of respondents according to knowledge and attitude towards the symptom and cause of childhood diarrhea at the selected public health institutions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015
Cause, Symptoms and prevention of diarrhea | Variable | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Cause of childhood diarrhea mentioned | Poor personal hygiene | 225 (88.9) |
Contaminated food/water | 211 (83.4) | |
Microorganisms | 140 (55.3) | |
Inadequate breast milk | 137 (54.1) | |
Teething | 116 (45.8) | |
Evil eye | 40 (15.8) | |
House flies | 109 (48.1) | |
Do not know | 6 (2.4) | |
Sign/symptoms of childhood diarrhea | 3–4 times loose stool per day | 234 (92.5) |
Abdominal pain | 198 (78.3) | |
Fever | 165 (65.2) | |
Vomiting | 140 (55.3) | |
Tenesmus | 134 (53.1) | |
Do not known | 9 (3.6) | |
Cause to worsens childhood diarrhea | Contact with infected people | 228 (90.1) |
High fluid intake | 122 (48.2) | |
Formula milk | 120 (47.4) | |
Preventive methods | Oral rehydration solutions | 240 (94.9) |
Personal hygiene | 237 (93.7) | |
Breast milk | 224 (88.1) | |
Clean water intake | 162 (64.0) | |
Anti-diarrheal treatment | 123 (48.6) | |
Antibiotics | 53 (20.9) | |
Traditional medicine | 22 (8.7) | |
Do not know | 12 (4.7) |