Incidence of acute otitis media in children below 6 years of age seen in medical practices in five East European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although acute otitis media (AOM) remains a major public health problem worldwide and brings economic burden on health care system and caregivers, little information is available about its epidemiology in Eastern Europe.

Methods

We conducted an epidemiological, prospective, observational, multi-centre cohort study (NCT01365390) in five East European countries (Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovenia) between June 2011 and January 2013 to determine the incidence and clinical characteristics of AOM among children aged < 6 years during 1 year.

Results

AOM incidence was 160.7 cases (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 144.7-177.9) per 1000 person-years (PY) being the lowest in the < 1 year age group (92.3 cases [95 % CI: 59.7-136.2] per 1000 PY) and the hig

SUBMITTER: Usonis V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4960887 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature