Paediatric otitis media at a primary healthcare clinic in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorBiagio-de Jager, Leigh
dc.contributor.authorSwanepoel, De Wet
dc.contributor.authorLaurent, Claude
dc.contributor.authorLundberg, Thorbjörn
dc.contributor.emailleigh.biagio@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-08T11:01:31Z
dc.date.available2014-08-08T11:01:31Z
dc.date.issued2014-06
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND. No published studies on the prevalence of paediatric otitis media at primary healthcare clinics (PHCs) in South Africa (SA) are available. OBJECTIVE. To examine the point prevalence of otitis media in a paediatric population in a PHC in Johannesburg, SA, using otomicroscopy. METHODS. A sample of 140 children aged 2 - 16 years (mean 6.4; 44.1% females) were recruited from patients attending the PHC. Otomicroscopy was completed for each of the participants’ ears by a specialist otologist using a surgical microscope. RESULTS. Cerumen removal was necessary in 36.0% of participants (23.5% of ears). Otitis media with effusion was the most frequent diagnosis (16.5%). Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) was diagnosed in 6.6% of children and was the most common type of otitis media in participants aged 6 - 15 years. Acute otitis media was only diagnosed in the younger 2 - 5-year age group (1.7%). Otitis media was significantly more prevalent among younger (31.4%) than older children (16.7%). CONCLUSION. CSOM prevalence, as classified by the World Health Organization, was high. Consequently diagnosis, treatment and subsequent referral protocols may need to be reviewed to prevent CSOM complications.en_US
dc.description.librarianam2014en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.samj.org.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationBiagio, L, Swanepoel, DW, Laurent, C & Lundberg, T 2014, 'Paediatric otitis media at a primary healthcare clinic in South Africa', South African Medical Journal, vol. 104, no. 6, pp. 431-435.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.7196/SAMJ.7534
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/41126
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_US
dc.rightsHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_US
dc.subjectPaediatric otitis mediaen_US
dc.subjectPrimary health care clinicsen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_US
dc.titlePaediatric otitis media at a primary healthcare clinic in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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