Paediatric otitis media at a primary healthcare clinic in South Africa
dc.contributor.author | Biagio-de Jager, Leigh | |
dc.contributor.author | Swanepoel, De Wet | |
dc.contributor.author | Laurent, Claude | |
dc.contributor.author | Lundberg, Thorbjörn | |
dc.contributor.email | leigh.biagio@up.ac.za | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-08T11:01:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-08T11:01:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND. 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.librarian | am2014 | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://www.samj.org.za | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Biagio, 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.issn | 0256-9574 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2078-5135 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.7196/SAMJ.7534 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41126 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Health and Medical Publishing Group | en_US |
dc.rights | Health and Medical Publishing Group | en_US |
dc.subject | Paediatric otitis media | en_US |
dc.subject | Primary health care clinics | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa (SA) | en_US |
dc.title | Paediatric otitis media at a primary healthcare clinic in South Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |