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