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Assessment of Determinants of Paediatric Diarrhoea Case Management Adherence in Pakistan

Version 1 : Received: 28 January 2023 / Approved: 3 February 2023 / Online: 3 February 2023 (03:04:05 CET)

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Khaliq, A.; Holmes-Stahlman, R.; Ali, D.; Karatela, S.; Lassi, Z.S. Assessment of Determinants of Paediatric Diarrhoea Case Management Adherence in Pakistan. Life 2023, 13, 677. Khaliq, A.; Holmes-Stahlman, R.; Ali, D.; Karatela, S.; Lassi, Z.S. Assessment of Determinants of Paediatric Diarrhoea Case Management Adherence in Pakistan. Life 2023, 13, 677.

Abstract

Worldwide, diarrhoea in children under-five years of age is the second leading cause of death. Despite having high morbidity and mortality, diarrhoeal diseases can be averted by simple and cost-effective interventions. The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) has proposed the use of Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS) and zinc together with adequate food and fluid intake for the management of acute non-dysenteric watery diarrhoea in children. In the past, few studies examined the determinants of adherence to diarrhoea case management. Therefore, this study measured the determinants of therapeutic and dietary adherence to diarrhoea case management using the third and fourth wave of Pakistan Demographics & Health Surveys (PDHS) datasets. Data from 4,068 children between 0 to 59.9 months with positive history of diarrhoea were included, while data on children with dysentery, severe dehydration, and co-morbid condition was excluded. This study reported therapeutic adherence in less than 10% of children in Pakistan, while dietary adherence was reported in 39.2% of children (37.7% in 2012-2013 ~ 40.7% in 2017-2018). A significant improvement in therapeutic (0.8% in 2012-2013 ~ 8.1% in 2017-2018) and dietary adherence (37.7% in 2012-2013 ~ 40.7% in 2017-2018) was reported in the 2017-2018 survey, compared to the 2012-2013 survey. In general, children over the age of one year (compared to children <1 year) and of the richer/richest socioeconomic class (compared to poorest/poorer socioeconomic class) have showed higher therapeutic and dietary adherence. Therapeutic and dietary adherence among diarrhoeal children can be improved by increasing the awareness and accessibility of ORS, zinc, and essential foods.

Keywords

adherence; case management; determinants; diarrhoea; paediatrics

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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