Diarrheal illnesses and Oral Rehydration therapy Comparative study on oral rehydration therapy among urban and rural mother.

Abstract

A comparative study was conducted to assess the knowledge and practice on Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) among mothers of under six year children in selected urban and rural areas of District Fatehabad.” The sample size of the study comprised of 100 mothers (50 urban and 50 rural mothers). Systematic random sampling technique was considered appropriate for this study. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings reveals that Mean Knowledge Score of Rural was (14.44) and Mean Knowledge Score of Urban was (17.34) and Mean Pre-test Practice Score of Rural was (5.26) and Mean Pre Test Practice score of Urban is (5.56). The „t‟ Value calculated is greater than „t‟ Value tabulated. Findings related to association between knowledge& practice score of mothers regarding oral rehydration therapy with selected demographic variables. The statistical outcome of association between demographic variables of mothers with their knowledge & practice score regarding oral rehydration therapy. In order to examine the association between these variables the chi-square test was worked out. The difference was found to be statistically significant in all cases EXCEPT in three cases at p<0.05 level of significance.