PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DIARRHEA MORBIDITY IN CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS IN TEPI TOWN: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY | Asian Journal of Advances in Medical Science
Introduction: Three or more loose or watery stools per day is considered diarrhoea. The chance of a child dying before reaching the age of five years is still highest in the AFRICAN Region, where it is around seven times greater than in the EUROPEAN Region. According to 2016 EDHS estimates, the prevalence rate of diarrhoea in Ethiopia was 12 percent.
The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of diarrhoea in children under the age of five in Tepi town, as well as the factors that contribute to it.
Methods: In Tepi town, Hibret Kebele, a community-based cross-sectional study of 133 mothers/caretakers was done. The odds ratios were calculated using binary logistic regression models.
The frequency of diarrhoea in children under the age of five was 24.1 percent after two weeks. Females were 75.2 percent (OR=0.248), 95 percent CI: 0.084-0.738, families with 1000-2000 monthly income were 39.1 percent (OR=0.609), 95 percent CI 2.351-8.682, families with more than 2000 monthly income were 45.9% (OR=0.541); 95 percent CI: 1.025-2.134, completed primary educational levels were 73.6 percent (OR=0.264), 95 percent CI: 0.075-0.932, and protected sources were 73.6 The prevalence of diarrhoea was found to be high in this study, and it was linked to sex, household income, education level, drinking water source, and latrine availability. As a result, efforts should be made to develop protected water sources and to educate parents about the need of utilising protected and certified water sources in order to lower the risk of diarrhoea morbidity and death in children.
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