Determining risk for chronic otitis media with effusion

Factors Associated with the Development of Recurrent Acute Otitis Media - the Significance of Choosing the Right and Accurate Dependent and Independent Variables in the Multivariate Analysis

“…This mechanism can also explain the higher risk of recurrences among children with a prolonged middle ear effusion. Bilateral AOM has been reported to be one of the most important risk factors in predicting chronic otitis media with effusion (12). We have also reported earlier, that children with unilateral AOM had no treatment failures (7).…”

Factors influencing the presence of otitis media with effusion 16 months after initial diagnosis in a cohort of school-age children in rural Greece: A prospective study

“…Daly et al [7] followed up for 6 weeks children between 10 months and 6 years of age and identified day care attendance as a factor predicting persistence but the staging of this study still points to relatively mild and non-persistent cases. A study from the Netherlands assessing risk factors for OME persistence in infants [8] demonstrated that the presence of older siblings (with or without OME), day care attendance, multiple upper respiratory tract infections could predict the persistence of OME.…”

Pacific Islands Families Study: Risk factors associated with otitis media with effusion among Pacific 2-year-old children

“…The most important environmental risk factors for contracting OME that have been reported to date are day care attendance, family size, tobacco smoke exposure, breastfeeding and socioeconomic status [18][19][20]. Children living in households with many family members [21,22] and several siblings [23] have also been found to have an increased risk for contracting OME.…”