Utilisation of zinc bundled with ORS among under-five children with diarrhoeal diseases in the East Wallaga zone, western Ethiopia, 2022 (n=540)
| Variables | Categories | Frequency (%) |
| Received zinc bundled with ORS at least once in the last 12 months | Yes | 214 (39.6) |
| No | 326 (60.4) | |
| Reason for not receiving bundle | Don’t know where to obtain | 56 (17.3) |
| Don’t know it should be given together | 232 (71.8) | |
| Unsure how to administer | 24 (7.4) | |
| Don’t think it is effective | 11 (3.4) | |
| Duration of supplementation (days) | <7 | 10 (4.7) |
| 7–10 | 54 (25.2) | |
| 10–14 | 150 (70.1) | |
| Bundled utilisation for your child | Not full dose | 64 (29.9) |
| Full dose | 150 (70.1) | |
| Reason for not giving full dose | Vomiting | 14 (21.8) |
| Diarrhoea stopped | 50 (78.2) | |
| Duration of diarrhoea after bundled supplementation | Immediately | 65 (28.8) |
| After 1–3 days | 138 (61.1) | |
| After 4–6 days | 23 (10.2) |
ORS, oral rehydration salt.