Hemalatha, V (2014) Effectiveness of low osmolarity ORS (WHO-ORS) with zinc on dehydration and diarrhoeal status among the children aged between 3 months to 5 years with diarrhoea admitted in Government Rajaji Hospital at Madurai. Masters thesis, Sacred Heart Nursing College, Madurai.
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Abstract
The study intended to evaluate the effectiveness of low osmolarity ORS (WHO-ORS) with zinc on dehydration and diarrhoeal status among the children aged between 3 months to 5years with diarrhea admitted in Government Rajaji hospital at Madurai. The conceptual framework for this study was based on J.W.Kenny’s open system model. Research design for this study was Quasiexperimental-Nonequivalent control group Pretest-posttest design. The samples of the study were the children aged 3 months 5 yrs with acute diarrhoea who fulfill the inclusion and exclusion criteria and who have admitted in Government Rajaji Hospital during data collection period. The sample size for the study was 60 among 30 children were in experimental group and 30 children in control group. The consecutive sampling technique was adapted for this study. The instrument which was used for the study has three parts. It consists of demographic profile, Observational checklist on dehydration was used to assess the dehydration and Observational checklist on diarrhoeal stool has used to assess the diarrhoea. The content of the tool was validated by nine experts. Two from child health nursing, one from community health nursing one from medical surgical nursing, four from pediatrician (child specialist doctors) and one from statistician. Reliability of the tool was established by inter -rater method. Pilot study was done to check the feasibility of conducting the study. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the analysis of data. The following were the significant findings of the study the mean post tests dehydration score after administration of WHO-ORS with zinc (11) was lower than the pretest mean (18.1). The obtained ‘t’ value of 19.58 at df 29 was significant at 0.05 level. This indicates that the difference in mean is improvement of hydration status of the samples. The mean post tests diarrhoeal status score after administration of WHO-ORS with zinc (12.9), (9.3), (8.3) was lower than the pre test mean (16.2). The obtained ‘t’ values of 13.8, 20.9 and 26.7 at df 29 was significant at 0.05 level. The mean post tests diarrhoeal status score after administration of WHO-ORS (14.8), (12.1) and (9.5) was significantly higher than the mean post tests diarrhoeal status score after administration of WHO-ORS with zinc (12.9), (9.3) and (8.3). The obtained ‘t’ value of 4.67, 7.43 and 4.94at df (58) was significant at 0.05 level. The mean post tests on day 2,3 and 4 the stool frequency score after administration of WHO-ORS (9.1), (6.8) and (3.7) was significantly higher than the mean post-tests stool frequency score after administration of WHO ORS with zinc (7.7), (4.3) and (2). The obtained’ value of 4.87, 5.96and 5.98 at df (58) was significant at 0.05 level. The mean post tests on day 2, 3 and 4 the stool consistency score after administration of WHO-ORS (2.4), (2) and (1.5) was significantly higher than the mean post tests stool frequency score after administration of WHO-ORS with zinc (1.9), (1.3) and (1.1). The obtained‘t’ value of 4.4, 6.76 and 3.69 at df (58) was significant at 0.05 level. The findings revealed that WHO-ORS with zinc was effectively reduce the diarrhoea among children. The result of the study implies that the administration of WHO-ORS with Zinc was effective among the children aged between 3 months to 5 years with diarrhoea.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | low osmolarity ORS (WHO-ORS) ; zinc ; dehydration ; diarrhoeal status ; children ; aged between 3 months to 5 years ; diarrhoea ; Government Rajaji Hospital ; Madurai. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Paediatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2018 11:55 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2018 11:55 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/9529 |
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