Caregiver perspectives and preferences for acute otitis media management.

ABSTRACT: Surveyed caregivers of children in Denver, Colorado, with acute otitis media (AOM) preferred immediate antibiotics over delayed antibiotics or observation. Overall, 77% stated that they would immediately fill a prescription written as delayed. In contrast, 86% of caregivers favored whichever duration was recommended by the provider or the shortest duration necessary.

SUBMITTER: Frost HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8950091 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature