Table 2 Occurrence and health care seeking behavior of childhood diarrhea in Mekelle City, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 540)
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Presence of diarrhea | Yes | 80 | 14.8 |
No | 460 | 85.2 | |
Severity of diarrhea | Mild | 18 | 3.3 |
Moderate | 34 | 6.3 | |
Severe | 28 | 5.2 | |
Duration of diarrhea (weeks) | < 2 | 20 | 25 |
≥ 2 | 60 | 75 | |
Clinical manifestationa | Increased thirsty | 48 | 60 |
Irritability | 44 | 55 | |
Decreased fluid intake | 43 | 53 | |
Lethargic | 41 | 51.3 | |
Sunken eye | 39 | 48.8 | |
Blood in stool | 8 | 10 | |
Others | 14 | 17.5 | |
Measures taken for sickness | Health facilities | 58 | 72.5 |
Pharmacy | 7 | 8.8 | |
Home remedies | 6 | 7.5 | |
Traditional healer | 3 | 3.8 | |
No action | 2 | 2.5 | |
Others | 4 | 5 | |
Type of facility | Public health facility | 44 | 75.9 |
Private health facility | 14 | 24.1 | |
Type of public health facility | Health center | 34 | 77.3 |
Hospital | 10 | 22.7 | |
ORS given | Yes | 69 | 86.3 |
No | 11 | 13.7 |