Risk Factors of Otitis Media with Effusion in Children

Essam A. Abo el-Magd¹, Yousseria Elsayed Yousef², Osama M. El-Asheerr³, Karema M. Sobhy⁴

¹Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.
²Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.
³Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
⁴Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.

DOI: 10.4236/ijohns.2015.44052                

Abstract

The aim of this study is to detect the risk factors associated with otitis media with effusion (OME) among children with age ranged from 6 months to 2 years. Materials and Methods: it is a cross-sectional study 500 children were selected from Assiut University Hospital clinics through multi-staged randomized sampling. Parents of these children were interviewed with a structured questionnaire. Clinical examination, including otoscopic examination and tympanometry was performed for each child. Results: There was no statistical significant relationship between OME and gender, age, mother job. There is statistical significant relationship between OME and breast feeding, using pacifier, mother education, sibling of children and exposure to passive smoking. Conclusion: There are multiple risk factors associated with OME in children between 6 months to 2 years of age.

Keywords

Otitis Media with Effusion, Risk Factors

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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