Table 2.
Diarrhoea-management practices in a Delhi slum
| Practice | Control area | Intervention area | Baseline survey (n=370) (1+2) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline survey (1) (n=175) | Repeat survey (n=150 | Baseline survey (2) (n=195) | Repeat survey n=150) | |||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Give ORS | 31 | 17.7 | 29 | 19.3 | 23 | 11.8 | 97 | 64.7 | 54 | 14.6 |
| Give sugar-salt solution | 33 | 18.9 | 29 | 19.3 | 24 | 12.3 | 112 | 74.7 | 57 | 15.4 |
| Give fluids available at home | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.1 |
| Go to a doctor | 147 | 84.0 | 132 | 88.0 | 157 | 80.5 | 39 | 26.0 | 304 | 82.2 |
| Nothing special | 1 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Any other | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.4 |
| No response | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
ORS=Oral rehydration salt