In this study, around 33.5% of mothers thought diarrhea can attack bottle-feed children. Majority of mothers (65.9%) reported that teething is the main cause of diarrhea. The disagreement of that “liquid food aggravates diarrhea” were reported by 22.5 % of the mothers. About 41% mothers thought that diarrhea is a problem in the Saudi community, and 60.9% of mothers stated that handwashing prevents diarrhea. More details on mothers’ attitude on childhood diarrhea is showed in Table 4.

Table 4. Mothers’ attitude about childhood diarrhea