Utilization of health facilities and predictors of health-seeking behavior for under-five children with acute diarrhea in slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Table 6 Types of treatment given and feeding status for acute diarrheal under-five children in slums of Addis Ababa, October 2014–July 2015

Variables	Number (n)	Percentage (%)
Treatment sought only by consulting private and/or government health facilities (N = 452)^a ^,b
ORS	180	39.8
HRF	182	40.3
ORS plus zinc supplementation	54	11.9
Not any treatment given	6	1.3
Estimated amount of food given compared to normal (N = 423)^c
More	24	5.7
Same as usual	59	13.9
Somewhat less	157	37.1
Much less	143	33.8
No food given	27	6.4
Do not know	13	3.1
Estimated amount of liquid given compared to normal (N = 423)^c
More	85	20.1
Same as usual	103	24.3
Somewhat less	120	28.4
Much less	87	20.6
No liquid given	15	3.5
Do not know	13	3.1

N Denominator
^aThere were multiple responses from the study participants
^bDid not include the treatment without consulting health facilities, which might lower the proportion of the treatment sought
^cIncludes all mothers/caregivers who consulted health facilities to seek care and sought care without consulting health facilities and who did not intentionally provided weaning feeding/liquid to their children for treating acute diarrhea

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