Assessment of Saudi Mother’s Knowledge and Attitudes towards Childhood Diarrhea and Its Management
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15465894 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sultan Alghadeer (0000-0003-3306-0387, King Saud University), Wajid Syed (0000-0002-0886-7309, King Saud University, corresponding author), Abdulaziz Alhossan (0000-0001-5849-6756, King Saud University), Ziyad Alrabiah (0000-0003-2403-3336, King Saud University), Salmeen D Babelghaith (0000-0002-7519-110X, King Saud University), Mohamed N Al Arifi (0000-0003-2455-6727, King Saud University), Abdulrahman Alwhaibi (0000-0001-8519-3363, King Saud University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 3982-3982 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18083982 |
| PMID | 33918950 |
| OpenAlex | W3153383656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
This study evaluates the knowledge, attitude of Saudi mothers towards diarrhea in their children and its management at home. Online cross-sectional validated online surveys, targeting Saudi mothers who are living in Saudi Arabia, are used to collect data from the beginning of March to the end of April 2019. Our results show that a total of 1140 mothers (52.1% of them were housewives) participated in the study. Approximately 40.3% of participating mothers believed that childhood diarrhea is a major problem in the Saudi community; however, almost 23% of the participants were unable to identify any critical sign of severe diarrhea, and around 66% falsely stated that diarrhea is caused by teething. Although 62% of our participating mothers knew about oral rehydration therapy (ORS), only 23.5% of them used it for their children. Adequate knowledge about the critical signs, causes, transmission, prevention, and management of childhood diarrhea should be applied in simple language to communicate the health-related information clearly
Diarrhea · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health services · Oral rehydration therapy · Population · Teething · Under-five · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Medicine · Pediatric health and respiratory diseases · Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology · Pediatrics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |