Abstract

To evaluate mothers of children under the age of five regarding knowledge, attitudes, and practices of acute diarrhoea, ORT, and zinc. To inform mothers about the usage of zinc, ORS, and other rehydration fluids. To encourage mothers to adopt new behaviours and attitudes towards the use of zinc and oral rehydration therapy in order to reduce morbidity and death associated with diarrhoea. Method: Children aged 6 months to 60 months of both sexes with acute diarrheal disease were the subjects of a prospective study undertaken by the Department of Paediatrics, Mallareddy Medical College for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana, India between November 2021 and January 2023. Result: Oral rehydration salts (ORS), which replenish fluid and electrolytes, was unclear to 70.2% of mothers. Only 18 out of 111 parents were able to prepare ORS, 30 were able to recognise dehydration symptoms, and 78 could suggest a substitute for ORS. After diarrhoea, 72.9% of mothers administered their children ORS. ORS was given by 51.3% of mothers the same day, 18.9% the following day, and 4.7% didn't. 72 percent of mothers thought ORS could be administered for a single day, 2.7% for two days, 2.7% indefinitely, and 24.3% weren't sure. 72.9 percent of lavatory users were clean. Conclusion: Breastfeeding, sufficient nutrition, and particular attention during diarrhoea help children recover. Long-term, consistent message through the correct channels to promote excellent hygiene practices works best. Eliminating barriers to mothers providing their children ORS, other rehydration fluids and zinc can help children develop and flourish. Clinicians' activities affect mothers' learning and performance. This is one reason they trust antibiotic diarrhoea treatment. Thus, general practitioners, allied specialists, medical students, paediatric, internal, and infectious residents should be retrained.

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