Digestive System Diarrhoea Paediatrics
Conditions
Interventions
ORS and zinc treatment for childhood diarrhoea
ORS and zinc treatment for childhood diarrhoea.
Sponsors
Titilayo Kayode Alabi
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children aged six to fifty-nine months who presented with acute diarrhoea, defined as the presence of at least three abnormally loose or watery stools in the preceding 24 hours with onset less than 14 days. Mother/caregiver who owned a mobile phone or had access to one. Mother/caregiver who gave informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children with acute diarrhoea who had been on zinc and/or ORS before presentation at the hospital. Children who had diarrhoea that was associated with surgical complications like intussusception. Children with a diarrhoeal disease that required admission into the hospital, including those with severe dehydration and repeated vomiting. Mothers/caregivers who were visiting and were staying in Ilorin for less than ten days and thereby could not return to the hospital for the scheduled follow-up appointment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Independent adherence to ORS and zinc. Full adherence to ORS means that the solution is given after every bowel motion until the diarrhoea illness stops, while full adherence to zinc means that the child had a tablet of zinc daily for ten days. Partial adherence means that these were not done. The independent ORS adherence score (%) was calculated as the percentage of times ORS was administered to the child after each diarrhoeal episode. In contrast, the independent zinc adherence score (%) was calculated as the percentage of zinc tablets administered to the child out of the ten tablets. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Combined adherence to ORS and zinc. Full adherence means that the child gets ORS after every bowel motion until the diarrhoea illness stops and the ten tablets of zinc. Partial adherence means that these were not done. The combined adherence score (%) was calculated using a composite index developed by attributing a weight of 0.5 to each ORS and zinc adherence index.. | — |
Countries
Nigeria
Contacts
Public ContactKayode Alabi
Consultant Paediatrician Garki Hospital Abuja
Outcome results
None listed