TITLE:
Educational Video Increases Maternal Self-Efficacy for Prevention of Diarrhoea in Young Children: A Randomised Clinical Trial
AUTHORS:
Emanuella Silva Joventino, Ádria Marcela Vieira Ferreira, Maria de Fátima Pereira de Sousa, Jardeliny Corrêa da Penha, Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá, Paulo César de Almeida, Lorena Barbosa Ximenes
KEYWORDS:
Health Education, Diarrhoea, Infantile, Maternal Behaviour, Randomised Controlled Trial
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.6 No.21,
December
23,
2014
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to compare the scores of maternal self-efficacy for child diarrhoea prevention, between intervention and control groups, according to sanitary, social and demographic characteristics. A randomised clinical trial was carried out on 163 mothers of children under 5 years old. Data collection was conducted during two months, at two different moments (M0 and M1); at the moment M0 only the intervention group watched the educational video to promote self-efficacy for child diarrhoea prevention; at M1 (two months later) the scale was applied to both groups. In the intervention group, greater mean self-efficacy scores were obtained compared with the control group. The following variables showed statistically significant associations (p