Summary of ‘Grommets (ventilation tubes) for recurrent acute otitis media in children’, including tables of key findings and quality of included trials

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1208-1210
Author(s):  
S. McDonald ◽  
C. D. Langton Hewer ◽  
D. A. Nunez ◽  
E. C. van Dalen ◽  
L. C. M. Kremer
Keyword(s):  
Otitis Media ◽  
Acute Otitis Media ◽  
Recurrent Acute Otitis Media ◽  
Ventilation Tubes

scholarly journals Quality of Life in Children with Recurrent Acute Otitis Media in Southwestern of Iran

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 (S1) ◽  
pp. 267-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nader Saki ◽  
Fakher Rahim ◽  
Soheila Nikakhlagh ◽  
Mozafar Sarafraz ◽  
Esmat Jafarzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Acute Otitis Media ◽  
Recurrent Acute Otitis Media

scholarly journals Qualidade de Vida das Crianças com Otite Média e Impacto da Colocação de Tubos de Ventilação Transtimpânicos numa População Portuguesa

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Rita Lameiras ◽  
Deodato Silva ◽  
Assunção O´Neill ◽  
Pedro Escada
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Acute Otitis Media ◽  
Chronic Otitis Media ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Physical Suffering ◽  
Recurrent Acute Otitis Media

Introduction: Quality of life is an important measure for health-outcome evaluation. Although otitis media is one of the most common childhood diseases, its impact on Portuguese children’s quality of life is unknown. The aim of this study is to determine the quality of life of Portuguese children with chronic otitis media with effusion and/or recurrent acute otitis media and the short-term impact of transtympanic ventilation tubes, using the Portuguese version of the OM-6 questionnaire, a valid, reliable and sensitive instrument to evaluate the health-related quality of life in children with otitis media.Material and Methods: This study was conducted in a tertiary referral center, to where children are referred from primary care and hospital pediatric consultations. The Portuguese version of the OM-6 questionnaire was applied to children with chronic otitis media with effusion and/or recurrent acute otitis media. The instrument was re-administered at two months postoperatively to a group of children who underwent tympanostomy tube placement, to evaluate the change in quality of life with the surgical procedure.Results: The study involved a sample of 169 children, aged between 6 months and 12 years (mean: 4.20 ± 2.05 years). The average score in the survey was 3.3 ± 1.47, of a maximum of 7 (worst quality of life). The domains ‘caregiver concerns’, ‘hearing loss’ and ‘physical suffering’ had the highest scores. The domain ‘hearing loss’ was correlated with the domain ‘speech impairment’ (rs = 0.41; p < 0.001) and the domain ‘physical suffering’ correlated with the domain ‘activity limitation’ (rs = 0.47; p < 0.001). There was a correlation between the score on ‘hearing loss’ and the presence of conduction hearing loss (χ2 (6) = 24.662; p = 0.022). Children with chronic otitis media with effusion had lower scores on the domain ‘physical suffering’, while children with recurrent acute otitis media had lower scores in the domain ‘hearing loss’ and higher scores in the domain ‘emotional distress’. There was an improvement in the quality of life in all the dimensions studied by the questionnaire after surgery. The improvement was large in 55%, moderate in 15% and small in 10% of the cases. The presence of otorrhea postoperatively did not decrease the quality of life improvement achieved with surgery.Conclusion: Otitis media has a negative impact on Portuguese children quality of life. Tympanostomy tubes improve quality of life related to the middle ear in most children. The application of validated disease-specific questionnaires allows an enhanced understanding of the impact of otitis media on Portuguese children quality of life and of the success of therapeutic measures.

Recurrent acute otitis media detracts from health-related quality of life

2017 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Kujala ◽  
O-P Alho ◽  
A Kristo ◽  
M Uhari ◽  
M Renko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Acute Otitis Media ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Recurrent Acute Otitis Media ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
One Year

AbstractObjective:Acute otitis media causes discomfort to children and inconvenience to their parents. This study evaluated the quality of life in children with recurrent acute otitis media aged less than 24 months.Methods:Quality of life was evaluated in 149 children aged 10 to 24 months who were referred to the Oulu University Hospital on account of recurrent acute otitis media. The children were treated with or without surgery. Age-matched controls were selected randomly from the general child population. Parents completed the Child Health Questionnaire.Results:The children with recurrent acute otitis media had a significantly poorer quality of life than control children. The control children with a history of a few acute otitis media episodes had a significantly poorer quality of life than those without any such history. The quality of life of the children with recurrent acute otitis media improved during the one-year follow up, regardless of the treatment, but did not reach the same level as healthy children.Conclusion:Acute otitis media detracted from quality of life when a generic measure was used. The mode of treatment used to prevent further recurrences of acute otitis media did not influence quality of life improvement.

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