Table 5. Logistic regression estimates for odds of practices of diarrhea management according to mass media exposure.
| Mass media exposure | Practices of diarrhea management | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORS and/or RHS | Zinc syrup and/or tablet | Amount of drink | Amount of food | ||||||||
| (n=339) | (n=341) | (n=346) | (n=346) | ||||||||
| aOR1 | P-value | aOR1 | P-value | aOR1 | P-value | aOR1 | P-value | ||||
| (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | ||||||||
| Newspaper or magazine | |||||||||||
| Not exposed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Exposed | 2.09 | 0.08 | 1.46 | 0.19 | 2.11 | 0.02 | 3.17 | <0.01 | |||
| (0.92–4.72) | (0.82–2.60) | (1.14–3.91) | (1.51–6.65) | ||||||||
| Radio | |||||||||||
| Not exposed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Exposed | 1.69 | 0.31 | 2.50 | 0.02 | 1.03 | 0.95 | 1.27 | 0.54 | |||
| (0.61–4.67) | (1.19–5.23) | (0.46–2.29) | (0.59–2.75) | ||||||||
| Television | |||||||||||
| Not exposed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Exposed | 1.04 | 0.90 | 1.34 | 0.22 | 1.67 | 0.07 | 1.27 | 0.33 | |||
| (0.58–1.88) | (0.83–2.17) | (0.97–2.88) | (0.78–2.07) | ||||||||
1Adjusted for place of residence, mother’s age, education, working status, religion and household’s wealth index
Reference was the ‘not exposed to media’ group (for all three media)
Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ORS, oral rehydration salt; RHS, recommended home solution