Oral rehydration therapy utilization and associated factor among under-five children with diarrhea in Mandura district Metekel zone Benishangul Gumuz northwest Ethiopia 2025
| dc.contributor.author | Muluken Ayana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-09-22T12:32:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-11-15 | |
| dc.description | A community-based mixed-method study was conducted from June 2025 to August 2025. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to recruit 500 study participants from Mandura district. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire through face-to-face interviews. The questionnaire comprised of socio-demographic factors (age of children, number of < 5-year children, parental education, family size, occupation, age of care giver, gender of caregiver, monthly income, access to ORT, marital status), caregiver behaviour factors (knowledge about ORT, previous use of ORT, advice/treatment from HF, availability of ORS sachet at home), caregiver knowledge factors (cause of diarrhoea, importance of giving ORS, when to start ORT treatment, preparation of ORS, time to use prepared ORS), and caregivers perceived causes and morbidity of diarrhoea (caregiver perception of the causes of diarrhoea, number of signs identified to recognize the severity, number of signs identified to recognize dehydration) related characteristics. The dataset is available in SPSS format. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://rdmc.aphi.gov.et/handle/123456789/263 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | Oral rehydration therapy utilization and associated factor among under-five children with diarrhea in Mandura district Metekel zone Benishangul Gumuz northwest Ethiopia 2025 | |
| dc.type | Dataset |